Do you any coconut cake recipes that you have made and love?

I have made many cakes but never coconut, I am making it for my hubbys father tomorrow and it has to be great. Also if you have any tips as far as making it.Do you any coconut cake recipes that you have made and love?
*****Fresh Coconut Layer Cake---This is a delicious and moist fresh coconut cake with fluffy frosting.


2 1/4 cups cake or pastry flour


2 teaspoons baking powder


1/2 teaspoon salt


3/4 cup coconut milk, regular whole fat milk, or a combination of coconut milk and regular milk


1 teaspoon vanilla


1/2 cup fresh grated coconut


1 1/2 cups granulated sugar


10 tablespoons butter


3 large eggs


---Fluffy Coconut Frosting---


2 large egg whites


1 cup granulated sugar


1/2 cup water


1 1/2 to 2 1/2 cups fresh grated coconut


Grease two 9-inch round cake pans; line the bottoms with rounds of parchment paper or waxed paper. Grease and flour the paper and sides of the pans; set aside. Heat oven to 350掳.Heat the coconut milk or milk with 1/2 cup coconut and the 1 teaspoon vanilla until hot. Put in blender and process until coconut is finely chopped. Set aside.


Sift the cake flour into a bowl with the baking powder and salt; set aside.In a bowl of electric mixer, beat butter until light and creamy. Gradually add the 1 1/2 cups sugar, a few tablespoons at a time, scraping the bowl and beating for about a minute after each addition.


Add the 3 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, scraping sides of the bowl frequently. Slowly add about one-third of the flour mixture to the creamed mixture along with half of the milk/coconut/vanilla mixture. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape the bowl and repeat with another one-third of the dry mixture and the remaining milk mixture. Scrape the bowl and repeat with remaining flour mixture. Scrape the bowl and continue beating on low speed for a few seconds.Spoon batter into the two baking pans, spreading evenly. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until browned and sides pull away from the sides of the pans. Cool in pans on racks for 15 minutes. Invert onto racks which have been sprayed with a little nonstick coating to cool completely.


----Frosting:----Bring the 1/2 cup water and 1 cup sugar to a boil; cover and cook without stirring for 1 minute. Uncover and boil, stirring frequently, until mixture is hot enough to spin a thread when a little is dropped from a spoon, or to about 230掳. Remove from heat and set aside. In the bowl of electric mixer -- with whisk attachment if available -- beat the eggs until fluffy and soft peaks form when you lift the beaters or whisk. Still beating on high speed, gradually add the sugar syrup in a thin stream. Continue beating until the frosting is fluffy and holds peaks.Invert one of the cakes onto a serving plate; frost top and sides with frosting. Place the second layer atop the first and frost the top and sides liberally. Sprinkle fresh grated coconut over the top of the cake and toss coconut gently onto the sides.


*****Cherry and Coconut Cake


http://www.cookitsimply.com/recipe-0010-鈥?/a>


*****COCONUT CLOUD CAKE


1/2 cup butter


1 1/2 cups sugar


3 eggs, separated


2 1/2 cups sifted flour


4 tsp. of baking powder


1/4 teaspoon salt


1 tsp. lemon or almond extract


Cream butter well to incorporate air, gradually adding sugar. Beat in egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt. Add dry ingredients to creamed butter mixture alternately with 1/2 cup water. Beat well. Add extract.


In a very clean bowl (one trick is to rub the bowl with vinegar), beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold gently into batter. Turn mixture into 2 greased layer cake pans.


Bake in preheated 350 degrees Fahrenheit oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center is nearly clean and cake springs back when pressed lightly in center. When cake is cooled, frost with a boiled frosting, seven-minute frosting, or all-white Mountain or coconut frosting. Sprinkle with freshly grated coconut.


*****ITALIAN COCONUT CAKE


http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1818,1561鈥?/a>


*****Coconut cake with lemon sour cream icing


http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/170/coco鈥?/a>


*****Lemon and coconut cake


http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/bak鈥?/a>


*****Double-Coconut Cake


http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipe鈥?/a>


*****Chocolate coconut cake


http://www.gourmetcakes4u.com/gourmet-ca鈥?/a>


*****Coconut Cake


http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula鈥?/a>


******Toasted Coconut Cake with Coconut Filling and Coconut Buttercream


http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby鈥?/a>


******Banana Pecan Coconut Cake


http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/6075/bana鈥?/a>


*****Coconut Cake with 7-Minute Frosting


http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton鈥?/a>





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