Amys Coconut Pecan Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease or spray and flour three 9 inch round cake pans.
• Blend cake mix, pudding, water, eggs, and oil in large mixer bowl.
• Beat at medium speed 3 minute.
• Stir in coconut and pecans.
• Pour in pans and bake for 30 minutes.
• Place cake on wire racks to cool.
• To make frosting:.
• Melt 2 T butter in skillet and add 1/2 cup coconut.
• Stir constantly over low heat until coconut turns golden in color.
• Spread coconut on paper towels to cool.
• Cream 2 T butter with cream cheese.
• Add milk and beat in confectioners sugar gradually.
• Beat until smooth.
• Stir in vanilla and remaining 1 1/2 cups coconut.
• Spread frosting on tops of cake layers.
• Stack layers and sprinkle the golden coconut on the top frosted layer.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.
• With a mixer on low, blend together cake mix, pudding, eggs, oil, and water.
• When blended, beat for 4 minutes.
• Fold in coconut and nuts.
• Divide batter between 3 cake pans. Bake for 35 minutes or a toothpick comes out clean.
• Ice with cream cheese icing.

Steps:

• Butter three 8 inch cake pans thoroughly and line the base of each with baking parchment. Rub a little more butter onto the paper. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a double boiler, melt the chocolate over simmering water, stirring occasionally, and set aside to cool. Sift the flour together with the sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In the bowl of an electric mixer or with a handheld mixer, beat the butter until it is fluffy. Add the flour mixture, 3/4 cup of the buttermilk, and the vanilla and beat in thoroughly, mixing for about 2 minutes with the electric mixer. Add the melted chocolate, eggs, and the remaining 1/4 cup of the buttermilk and beat for 1 minute longer. Pour an equal amount of the cake batter into each prepared pan and bake on the center rack of the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool the cakes in their pans for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a cake rack and finish cooling. With a soft pastry brush, brush any loose crumbs from the side edges of the cake layers.
• To make the marmalade, combine the milk, sugar, egg yolks, and butter in a medium saucepan. Over medium heat cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until it thickens, about 10 minutes. Do not let the mixture come to a boil. Remove from the heat and add the coconut and pecans. Stir together well, then let cool almost to room temperature, beating occasionally so that it does not form a crust.
• To assemble the cake, place the first layer of cake on a serving dish. Spread a layer of the marmalade on the top of the cake only, about 1/2 inch thick. Place the second layer of the cake on top of the first and spread the top of it with some of the marmalade. Finally, place the third cake layer on the top and spread a nice, thick, and slightly rounded layer of the marmalade on top of that. Cut into wedges for serving.

Steps:

• Mix cake mix, diet sprite, egg & 1 teaspoons coconut extract.
• Bake as directed on box.
• Whip fat free cream cheese and 1 tsp coconut extract (this will make a glaze like consistency.).
• Mix in powdered sugar.
• When cake is done poke holes in cake and spoon the glaze on the cake.
• Sprinkle with coconut and pecans.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Combine all cake ingredients except coconut and pecans in large bowl.
• Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until all ingredients are moistened.
• Beat at high speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth.
• Stir in coconut and pecans by hand.
• Pour into greased and floured 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center and edges begin to pull away from sides of pan.
• Heat broiler.
• Combine all frosting ingredients in small bowl until well mixed.
• Spread over warm cake.
• Broil 2 to 4 inches from heat until bubbly (1 to 3 minutes).
• Serve warm or cool.
• Note: Substitute 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice plus enough milk to equal 1 cup. Let stand 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine first 7 ingredients in order listed; beat at medium speed of mixer until smooth.
• Stir in chopped pecans.
• Beat room temperature egg whites until stiff; fold into batter.
• Pour mixture into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• Invert pan, and cool cake completely; remove from pan.
• Sprinkle top of cake with powdered sugar.