Medium Caribbean Dessert

Ultimate Coconut Cake

Name: Ultimate Coconut Cake
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 24 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 2.25 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 0.5 cups butter , softened; 1.5 cups granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons McCormick® Coconut Flavor; 3 eggs; 1.25 cups milk

Total Time

42 min

18m prep · 24m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Medium

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Just baked: Fluffy, sweet and oh-so-coco-nutty coconut cake. With frosting and batter flavored by Coconut Extract, this Ultimate Coconut Cake is heaven on a plate.

Ingredients

2.25 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
0.5 cups butter , softened
1.5 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons McCormick® Coconut Flavor
3 eggs
1.25 cups milk

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. For the Cake, spray 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with no stick cooking spray. Mix flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.
2

Beat butter, granulated sugar and extract in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Alternately beat in flour mixture and milk on low speed until just blended. Beat on medium-high speed 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pans.
3

Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire rack.
4

For the Frosting, beat butter and extract in large bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, beating well after each addition. Beat in desired amount of milk until light and fluffy. Fill and frost cooled cake with Frosting. Sprinkle top of frosted cake with toasted coconut.