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OLD FASHIONED COCONUT CAKE

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, Coconut
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 12 Servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • Butter a 10-12 cup tube pan and dust with fine breadcrumbs.
  • Sift both flours with the baking powder and salt and set aside.
  • In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter to soften.
  • Add the vanilla, coconut, and almond extracts and the sugar and beat to mix.
  • Now, add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • On low speed add the sifted dry ingredients in three additions alternately with the whipping cream in two additions.
  • Remove the bowl from the mixer. Transfer 1 cup of batter to a small bowl.
  • Add the cocoa to the small bowl and stir well to mix.
  • Next, add the coconut to the remaining batter an stir to mix.
  • Place the chocolate mixture on the bottom of the pan by tablespoon full around the pan.
  • Spread the chocolate over pan, spreading very lightly to not dislodge the crumbs.
  • Pour the coconut mixture over the chocolate mixture and spread lightly.
  • Smooth the top.
  • The cake wants to rise in the middle, so use the back of a large spatula to spread the rim of the pan, making it higher around the rim and lower around the tube.
  • Bake for 1 hour and about 25 minutes.
  • Cover the pan with a rack, turn the pan and the rack over and remove the pan.
  • Let the cake stand until it is completely cool and then for several hours before servings.