Grandmas Coconut Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• For the cake: Grease and flour a 9-inch tube cake pan. Cream the butter and sugar until light and smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla extract, beating well. Mix in the vanilla wafer crumbs, coconut and pecans. Pour into the pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack.
• For the glaze: Mix the sugar, cornstarch, salt, lemon zest and juice, 1 1/2 cups of water and coconut in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring until thickened, for about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly, then using a toothpick, poke several holes in the top of the cake and drizzle the glaze over the cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the sugar and oil until blended. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture just until incorporated. Fold in the pineapple, carrots, coconut and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. While still warm, poke holes in the cake with a fork.
• For the glaze: In a saucepan, combine butter, sugar, buttermilk and vanilla. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes. Pour glaze over warm cake, then allow to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• In large mixer bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, 1/2 cup of rum, oil, eggs, and 1/2 cup cream of coconut. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes.
• Stir in pineapple and crushed nuts(to taste).
• Bake in a 10" tube pan for 50-55 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Remove from pan. With a table knife or skewer, poke holes about 1" apart in cake from top to almost the bottom. Combine the remaining cream of coconut and rum. Pour over cake.
• Chill thoroughly.
• Garnish with whipped cream, pineapple chunks, cherries and/or toasted coconut if desired.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Mix flour and baking powder; set aside. Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each until blended. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until blended.
• Pour into 12-cup fluted tube or 10-inch tube pan sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.

Steps:

• I make this in either a greased and floured 9 x 12 inch pan or 2 9-inch round pans. For the 9 inch pans I also add wax paper cut to the pan size in the bottom of the pan.
• I start checking for doneness after 40 minutes for a 9 x 12 pan, and 25 minutes for the 2 9-inch pans. When a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean it's done.
• Cream margarine and sugar.
• Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well.
• Add buttermilk and dry ingredients.
• Add boiling water and beat until mixed.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45-55 minutes or until done.
• For Icing- Combine milk, sugar, egg yolks, margarine and vanilla.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened, about 15 minutes.
• Add coconut and nuts.
• Beat until thick enough to spread.