Coconut Butter Pecan Cake Recipes

COCONUT PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees). Grease and flour two 8 inch round pans or one 9 x 13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, blend cake mix with the water, eggs, and oil. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for 4 minutes. Stir in 2 cups coconut and nuts. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake for 35 minutes, or until done. Cool completely.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter or margarine in a skillet. Add 2 cups coconut, and stir constantly over low heat until golden brown. Spread toasted coconut on absorbent paper towel to cool.
• Cream 2 tablespoons butter or margarine with softened cream cheese. Add milk and sugar alternately, beating well. Add vanilla, and stir in 1 3/4 cups of the toasted coconut. Ice the cake, and sprinkle with remaining coconut.

COCONUT PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the eggs, 2 cups sugar, oil and 2 teaspoons extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture alternately with buttermilk just until moistened. stir in coconut and pecans. , Spoon into a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the water, butter and remaining sugar. Bring to a boil; cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; add remaining extract. , Slowly pour hot syrup over hot cake. Cool in pan for 4 hours before removing to a serving plate. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.

COCONUT BUTTER PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Mix all ingredients together
• 2. Pour into a greased and floured bunt pan.
• 3. Bake at 325 degrees for one hour
• 4. When you take the cake out let it cool some before you put it on a plate.
• 5. You may use another can of Coconut-Pecan Frosting to frost the cake.

COCONUT PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment. Butter parchment, and dust with flour; tap out excess, and set aside.
• In a food processor, finely grind coconut; transfer to a bowl. Finely grind pecans with 2 tablespoons sugar, and set aside. Into a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; stir in ground coconut and pecans. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter, creamed coconut, and remaining sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in eggs and extract. Beat in flour mixture in three batches, alternating with the coconut milk, and starting and ending with flour.
• Divide batter between prepared pans; smooth tops. Bake until golden and a cake tester inserted in centers comes out clean, about 35 minutes. If tops begin to get too dark, cover loosely with foil. Let cool in pans 30 minutes. Run a knife around edges of cakes; invert onto a wire rack. Reinvert; let cool completely.
• Line two rimmed baking sheets with plastic wrap; fit one with a cooling rack. Use a serrated knife to trim tops of cake layers, if desired. Transfer one layer to baking sheet with rack; spread with filling. Place remaining cake layer on top.
• Using an offset spatula, spread 1 cup chilled ganache on sides of cake; smooth with a bench scraper. Pour remaining ganache over cake, coating completely. Transfer cake and rack to other baking sheet; chill until set, about 5 minutes. Scrape excess ganache back into bowl, passing through a sieve.
• Coat the cake again with ganache. Chill until set, about 5 minutes. Press toasted coconut on sides of the cake, if desired. Keep at room temperature until ready to serve.

COCONUT PECAN CAKE

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.