🤍 Coconut Lover’s Dream Cake 🥥✨

If you love coconut… this one is for you 🤍

Soft white cake layered with creamy coconut frosting and covered in fluffy shredded coconut 🥥

Not too sweet. Not too wet. Just perfectly balanced and melt-in-your-mouth.

Homemade > store bought every time ✨

Would you eat a slice or two? 👀🍰

Ingredients (2 round 8-inch layers)

Dry:

• 2½ cups all-purpose flour

• 2½ tsp baking powder

• ½ tsp baking soda

• ½ tsp salt

Wet:

• ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened

• 1¾ cups sugar

• 4 egg whites (room temp)

• 1 whole egg

• 1 tbsp vanilla

• 1 tsp coconut extract (important for strong flavor)

• 1 cup canned coconut milk (full fat, shaken)

• ½ cup sour cream

• 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line pans.

2. Cream butter + sugar until fluffy (3–4 min).

3. Add egg whites + whole egg one at a time.

4. Mix in vanilla + coconut extract.

5. Alternate adding dry ingredients and coconut milk.

6. Fold in sour cream.

7. Fold in shredded coconut gently.

8. Bake 28–35 minutes (toothpick clean).

9. Cool completely before frosting.

This gives you a fluffy crumb but strong coconut flavor.

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🥥 Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting (Not Too Sweet)

Ingredients

• 8 oz cream cheese, softened

• ½ cup butter, softened

• 3½–4 cups powdered sugar

• 1 tsp vanilla

• ½ tsp coconut extract

• 2–3 tbsp coconut milk (if needed for texture)

• 1–1½ cups shredded coconut for outside

Instructions

1. Beat cream cheese + butter until smooth.

2. Add powdered sugar slowly.

3. Add vanilla + coconut extract.

4. Add coconut milk only if needed for spreadable texture.

5. Frost cake and press shredded coconut around sides. #coconut #cakes #recipes #coconutcake #baking