Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook Time: 25 mins | Yield: 8 -12 servings
If you are a fan of coconut, then, this recipe is to keep. Pretty simple, not fussy, and comes together easily with only a few simple ingredients.
This moist, delicious, and lovely coconut cake is a very popular dessert paired with tea. You can use vanilla or grated orange or lemon zest for this recipe depending on your preference. This very cake was my grandmother’s favourite. I cannot count how many times she made this. This was her favourite afternoon snack alongside a cup of hot tea.
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This sure is a must-try and to keep. And would be a great addition to your dessert table this Holiday.
Ingredients
1 c butter
5 Eggs
2 3/4 cake flour
1 c buttermilk
1/2 tsp coconut flavouring
2 c of sugar
dash salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla flavouring
HOW TO MAKE GRANNY’S FAMOUS COCONUT CAKE
Step 1: Mix the butter in sugar in a medium mixing bowl until smooth.
Step 2: Add in the egg a piece at a time, beating every after each addition.
Step 3: Sift the flour, buttermilk, coconut flavouring, sugar, baking powder, vanilla flavouring, and salt in a different mixing bowl.
Step 4: Add the egg mixture into the flour mixture and mix until incorporated.
Step 5: Use cooking spray to grease three or four 9-inch round cake pans and sprinkle with flour.
Step 6: Evenly pour the batter into the pans and bake in the oven for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Step 7: Once done, remove the cake from the oven and onto a wire rack.
Step 8: Frost the cakes with Granny’s frosting.
Ingredients
- 1 c butter
- 5 Eggs
- 2 3/4 cake flour
- 1 c buttermilk
- 1/2 tsp coconut flavouring
- 2 c of sugar
- dash salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla flavouring
Instructions
Step 1: Mix the butter in sugar in a medium mixing bowl until smooth.
Step 2: Add in the egg a piece at a time, beating every after each addition.
Step 3: Sift the flour, buttermilk, coconut flavouring, sugar, baking powder, vanilla flavouring, and salt in a different mixing bowl.
Step 4: Add the egg mixture into the flour mixture and mix until incorporated.
Step 5: Use cooking spray to grease three or four 9-inch round cake pans and sprinkle with flour.
Step 6: Evenly pour the batter into the pans and bake in the oven for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Step 7: Once done, remove the cake from the oven and onto a wire rack.
Step 8: Frost the cakes with Granny’s frosting.
