I adore coconut, so this straightforward recipe for coconut cake is one of my faves. I made an effort to compose a recipe even though it was primarily based on scrutinizing the items. My family has owned this for a long time.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 50 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 1 9×13-inch cake |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups shredded coconut
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- ½ cup milk, or more as needed
- ¼ cup simple syrup, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Whisk coconut and sugar together in a bowl. Sift in flour and whisk to combine. Form a well in the center.
- Whisk eggs together in a small bowl and pour into the well. Add enough milk to reach a slightly thickened but runny texture. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 20 minutes. Pour simple syrup over cake before serving.
- For a better-tasting syrup, add rose water or coconut extract. You can pour syrup over individual slices rather than the entire cake.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 184 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 29 g |
| Cholesterol | 21 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 15 mg |
| Sugars | 14 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
As others have said , the cake was very dense and heavy . I didn’t find it very sweet either . It was definitely lacking something . I also ended up adding about double the “suggested “ milk in order to even get it to begin to mix together . I don’t think I’d make it again
The cake is super easy, but the photo is misleading and there is a recipe error. As written, with 2 cups all-purpose flour, the recipe also needs 2 tsp baking powder to rise. Otherwise, it makes a good little snacking cake, but not the expected cake for entertaining.
So moist and tasty. Yummy
Tastes nice but its really thick and flat, so either add some baking powder to it or use cake flour not all purpose.
I made it with Splenda(R) Blend due to Diabetics in family and the amount of sugar already in the processed coconut, but my cake looks nothing like the light/fluffy one in the picture. Are we missing Baking Powder or Baking Soda or Cream of Tartar? I am also going to try it next time with a 9×7 pan instead of the 9×13 because I think that’s part of it. Also, kinda tastes flat – so will be adding a little salt (1/2 tsp) to bring out the sweetness.
Like the other reviews – thin, like coconut with flour.
I really hate to leave a negative review but am doing so to bring attention to the submitter that something is definitely missing in this recipe. I make a crustless coconut pie that the photo of this cake reminded me of. So thought I’d give it a try because the photo looks moist and chewy and quite delicious. Mine baked up to about a quarter inch tall and was rubbery and very pale. My first thought was it needs leavening or smaller dish. I made it again but added another egg and butter (like my pie recipe) and baked it in a smaller pan. It’s taller, but still pale with not much taste. So, please help all of us with this so it will look like the photo! I will be glad to change my rating if the problem with the recipe is fixed and it turns out like the picture! (I was waiting to see other reviews just to see if they had trouble too and they did.)
It will not rise…add baking powder.
I saw that the recipe had no leavening ingredients but decided to make it “as written” in case coconut had some magical power that I didn’t know about. It doesn’t. This recipe produced the equivalent of coconut biscuits. I’ll be using it as a base for stewed fruit.
its very dense and flat waiting for it to cool and going to put simple syrup. will review again,after the taste test.
I’m sorry I can only give this recipe 1 star. The pic looks so delicious but I was not pleased with how this cake turned out. I followed the directions you gave but my cake turned out like leather not fluffy like the one in the pic. Are you sure this is the right kind of flour or are you missing out some ingredients like baking powder and baking soda? I will try once more to make it adding the baking soda and baking powder but if its another flop I’ll never make it again.