Cathy's Version of Brooklyn Diner Coconut Cake

4 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 20 min
Ready In: 1 hr 5 min

“Wonderful moist white or coconut cake! Fill with coconut filling, frost with 7-minute icing, and sprinkle coconut all over the cake.” - by carrkidsmom

Ingredients

3 cups sifted cake flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter at room temperature
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 cup coconut milk
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Original recipe yields 3 9-inch cake layers

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour 3 9-inch cake pans. Whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
In a separate large bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy; beat in eggs, one at a time. Gradually beat in the flour mixture in several additions, alternating with the coconut milk, and stir in the almond and vanilla extracts. Divide the batter between the 3 prepared cake pans.
Bake the cakes in the preheated oven until they are lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. A wooden toothpick inserted into the center of each cake should come out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before turning out the cakes to finish cooling completely on wire racks.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (8 total)

Calories
687 cal
34%

Fat
32 g
49%

Carbs
93.4 g
30%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (4)

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ummibrahim

Dec. 3, 2011

"The cake is delicious! I added 1 cup of fresh grated coconut to the prepared batter. The cake was even better the second day. I used the Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting from this website. The frostin..." See moreg was loose and made a mess out of the cake...but it was tasty!"

MAMAGOTCHA

Feb. 13, 2012

"Pretty sure the author meant to beat the sugar with the butter until fluffy......" See more"

Sherisse

Sep. 29, 2011

"I love anything with coconut so this recipe was perfect! The cake turned out moist, fluffy and flavourful. The only thing I would change would be to add grated coconut in the cake. I followed the reci..." See morepe except I had to substitute margarine for the butter because I didn't have any. I didn't add filling and iced it with white icing. Delicious!"

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