Moist Coconut Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter , room temperature
• 2 cups white sugar
• 5 large eggs , room temperature
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract
• 1 cup buttermilk , room temperature
• 1 cup flaked coconut

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan (see Cook's Note).

2. 2

   Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl; set aside.

3. 3

   Beat butter and sugar together in a separate large bowl with an electric mixer until noticeably lighter in color and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the beaten butter mixture before adding the next. Mix in coconut extract.

4. 4

   Pour in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing until just incorporated. Fold in coconut, mixing just enough to evenly combine. Pour cake batter into prepared pan.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.

6. 6

   If desired, frost cooled cake with your favoritebuttercream frostingand sprinkle with flaked coconut.