grandma's coconut cake

(3 ratings)
Recipe by
Karla Everett
Greenacres, WA

This is a very good but Elaborate cake. Its time consuming to make but the final rewards are well worth the time spent to make. This was one of my Grandma's cakes. I have only made this cake a few times because its so time consuming and has a lot of details to follow but its DELICIOUS!!! This cake can be made with fresh coconut but I have always used the pkg. kind. The coconut custard link for this cake is : http://www.justapinch.com/recipe/karla-everett/grandmas-coconut-custard/pudding?m=Karla59&p=4&o=n

(3 ratings)
yield 12 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 35 Min

Ingredients For grandma's coconut cake

  • 1 c
    milk
  • 3 1/2 oz
    flaked coconut or 1-1/3 cup grated fresh coconut
  • 3 c
    sifted all purpose flour
  • 1/4 c
    cornstarch
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 lb
    (2 sticks ) butter or margerine
  • 1 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 4 lg
    eggs
  • 1/4 tsp
    cream of tartar
  • coconut custard ( recipe is posted)

How To Make grandma's coconut cake

  • 1
    Grease 2 layer cake pans (each 9x1.5") line bottom with wax paper.
  • 2
    In a small sauce pan over low heat , heat milk for about 5 minutes ; remove from heat ; add coconut and let stand for about 15 minutes. Pour mixture in a strainer over a small bowl , drain well , pressing coconut against the side of strainer with a spoon ; reserving coconut milk.
  • 3
    On wax paper sift together , flour , cornstarch , baking powder and salt ; set aside.
  • 4
    In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar ; thoroughly beat in egg yolks , 1 at a time (put egg whites in a medium mixing bowl and set aside ).
  • 5
    Sift flour mixture into creamed mixture in 4 additions , alternately with the coconut milk , ending with the flour mixture and mixing until smooth after each addition.
  • 6
    With clean beaters whip egg whites and cream of tartar , until very stiff straight peaks form when beater is slowly withdrawn.
  • 7
    Gently fold egg whites into batter , blending well.
  • 8
    Turn batter into prepared pans. Bake in preheated 350° oven until cake springs back when lightly touched--30-35 minutes.
  • 9
    Place pans on wire rack to cool for 10 minutes ; with a small spatula loosen edges ; turn out on wire rack ; remove paper ; using another wire rack flip cake over for right side up. Cool Completely.
  • 10
    Cut each layer into 3rds. horizontally (stack layers ) cake will have 6 of them.
  • 11
    Spread 1/4 cup chilled Coconut Custard between each layer ; spread the remaining coconut custard over the sides and on top of the cake.
  • 12
    Sprinkle top with 1/3 cup of toasted coconut , reserved from Coconut Custard recipe ; Cover and store in the refrigerator.
  • 13
    https://www.justapinch.com/recipe/karla-everett/grandmas-coconut-custard/pudding?k=coconut&m=Karla59&p=3&o=r

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