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Coconut Cake Question

ECBG — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:37:15 GMT

Tonight I went to our wonderful, privately owned pizza restaurant to get a white pizza there on the counter were two large cake stands with two picture perfect homemade cakes. I choose the last two pieces of coconut cake.

I always loved my grandmother's coconut cakes. I remember her bring in the coconut, after riding all day there would be a beautiful coconut cake.

Tonight's cake had cream cheese frosting with the fresh coconut. I was always accustomed to seven minute frosting with the coconut.

I've had bakery icing with coconut on cakes before and didn't care for it.

What kind of frosting do you put on your coconut cakes?

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sunshine45 — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:09:18 GMT

i prefer a cream cheese frosting or a whipping cream frosting on a coconut cake.

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Snowpuppy — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:15:36 GMT

Cream cheese frosting for me, too.

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Scooby Doo — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:23:08 GMT

Buttercream

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blackhole99 — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:31:36 GMT

I always frost a white coconut cake with butter cream icing, but I may try the cream cheese next time.

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Katcat1 — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:37:37 GMT

@ECBG The key to the best coconut cake is shredded FRESH coconut. You could even use a box yellow cake and it would still be good. The frosting I am use to is butter, confectioner's sugar, milk and a little vanilla. If you have a better recipe, please share it.

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ECBG — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:56:27 GMT

@Katcat1 wrote:
@ECBG The key to the best coconut cake is shredded FRESH coconut. You could even use a box yellow cake and it would still be good. The frosting I am use to is butter, confectioner's sugar, milk and a little vanilla. If you have a better recipe, please share it.

@Katcat1 I love the freshly shredded coconut! I bet my grandmother poured the coconut milk on the layers as well.

I have taught Foods and Foods Science (although we all know the color creative classes were the ones I lived for). I have Whirlpool's special oven for bakers. I can do it all, but don't. This lady was an accomplished baker where I went the way of design.

The cake it's self was a wonderful, moist white cake, definately not a box mix and absolutely delicious.

I still think Seven Minute frosting is the best flavor in this case with Cream Cheese Frosting coming in a close second.

Here's Seven Minute Frosting with pictures.

https://www.southernplate.com/failproof-7-minute-frosting/

I guess I never saw her making the coconut cakes was because she usually had big butter pound cakes ( I was a kid and prefered frosting, not pound cakes!), and fresh fruit pies with homemade crusts.

Since then I've tasted countless pound cakes and realize her cakes were outstanding.

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sunshine45 — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:18:37 GMT

here is the whipping cream frosting recipe.....

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese (use the block cheese, not the cream cheese in a container
1 cup powdered sugar
2 3/4 cups heavy cream, cold
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (you could also use coconut extract for a coconut cake)

Instructions

Place the cream cheese and powdered sugar in a large bowl and beat on medium-low speed until smooth.
Turn the mixer down to medium-low speed and pour the heavy cream down the side of the bowl in a very slow and steady stream, stopping every now and then to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a silicone spatula.
When all the cream has been added, turn the mixer up to medium-high and whip until the frosting holds stiff peaks.
Fold in the extract.

Keep cold, can be made 24 hours in advance.

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rms1954 — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:39:59 GMT

Y'all making me want coconut cake in the worst way.

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RespectLife — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:10:38 GMT

@ECBG

Thank you very much for posting the link to the frosting. I had never heard of it!

You use the beaters right in your pot? Doesn't that ruin the inside finish? I noticed she says you don't need to bother w/ the double boiler method...so I suppose if I was concerned about my pan, I could.

Have you made it?

I love to bake and always from scratch...but hate making frosting! Too sweet, too much butter, too much work!

I have been looking for a light recipe that was easy and this may be it!

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PinkyPetunia — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:21:05 GMT

I am ashamed to admit I don't know the difference between all those different frostings. Mom hated to bake so I wasn't exposed to it. She cooked and canned up a storm, though.

I would happily take a piece of coconut cake with any kind of frosting on it. I am craving some now.

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ECBG — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 14:07:58 GMT

@RespectLife wrote:
@ECBG

Thank you very much for posting the link to the frosting. I had never heard of it!

You use the beaters right in your pot? Doesn't that ruin the inside finish? I noticed she says you don't need to bother w/ the double boiler method...so I suppose if I was concerned about my pan, I could.

Have you made it?

I love to bake and always from scratch...but hate making frosting! Too sweet, too much butter, too much work!

I have been looking for a light recipe that was easy and this may be it!

@RespectLife You're welcome. Naturally, there would be a little scarring inside of the pot. I would only make it in stainless for that reason, or use a stainless bowl as the insert for the double boiler effect.

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ECBG — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 14:09:46 GMT

@PinkyPetunia wrote:
I am ashamed to admit I don't know the difference between all those different frostings. Mom hated to bake so I wasn't exposed to it. She cooked and canned up a storm, though.

I would happily take a piece of coconut cake with any kind of frosting on it. I am craving some now.

@PinkyPetunia Perfectly alright. Buttercream is always a good way to start. it's bakery icing. Cream cheese icing is the traditional choice for carrot cake.

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deepwaterdotter — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 14:43:55 GMT

I ice my cake with a frosting recipe from a King Arthur's Flour cookbook:

15 tbsp room temperature butter

1 1/4 cups room temperature cream cheese

3/4 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup and 1 tbsp coconut milk powder (Chaokoh brand from Thai section of grocery)

4 1/3 cups powdered sugar

Sift coconut milk powder and powdered sugar together in bowl. Beat butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and salt in separate bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Gradually mix dry mixture with wet mixture at low speed, then beat at higher speed until fluffy.

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jannabelle1 — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 23:42:16 GMT

You're bringing back some wonderful memories with the 7-minute frosting. My mother made that for so many cakes and it was just the most wonderful tasting of any frosting! I seldom bake anything "from scratch" as she used to say, but when I think of coconut cake I think of the wonderful, light and fluffy 7-minute frosting!

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RedTop — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:30:40 GMT

Only 7 minute frosting on a coconut cake for me, and only cream cheese frosting on carrot cake. Cake is rarely found in this house unless there’s a birthday.

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colliemom4 — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:02:25 GMT

I usually make coconut cakes for Easter.

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Nightowlz — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:50:48 GMT

My dad always made Coconut Cake with this recipe. It's so good. It's better the day after & so moist.

Coconut Cake

1 yellow box cake mix with pudding

2 - 6 oz bags Bird's Eye frozen coconut – thawed

2 c sugar

1 c milk

8 oz cool whip

Make cake per package directions.

On low to medium heat mix sugar & milk to slow boil, stir often

When it comes to a boil add 3 oz of crumbled coconut & stir

Don’t cool cake. Pour the sugar, milk, coconut mixture over cake

Sprinkle 3 oz coconut on cake

Cool cake on rack

When cool spread cool whip to cover, add other 6 oz crumbled coconut

Keep in the refrigerator.

I found the frozen coconut at Wal-Mart.

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Knit-Chick — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:45:55 GMT

My mom used to buy the Pepperidge Farm coconut cake (in the freezer section) to keep on hand and be able to thaw out when needed. It was very good!

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colliemom4 — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:23:25 GMT

@Knit-Chick wrote:
My mom used to buy the Pepperidge Farm coconut cake (in the freezer section) to keep on hand and be able to thaw out when needed. It was very good!

@Knit-Chick I haven't had one of those in many years but I remember them well. They've been around for quite a while.