Divas Can Cook Coconut Pound Cake Food

FIVE FLAVOR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a bundt pan and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, shortening and sugar.
• Add in eggs, one at a time, being sure to mix thoroughly after each egg. Set aside.
• In a medium-sized bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients while alternating with the half n half and buttermilk. (Batter should be fluffy when done mixing)
• Mix in extracts.
• Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cake cool until pan is warm to the touch.
• Remove cake from pan and allow to finish cooling on cooling rack.
• When cake is completely cooled, drizzle on the glaze if using.
• To make the glaze, combine powdered sugar, extract and 1/2 teaspoon of milk.

COCONUT POUND CAKE (USING COCONUT MILK)

Steps:

• Preheat over to 325 degrees.
• Greese and flour 1 loaf pan, set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, mix softened butter and sugar together until fluffy.
• In a seperate small bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and shredded coconut.
• Add eggs, one at a time into butter/sugar mixture. Mix well.
• Add vanilla, then add coconut milk, alternating with flour/coconut mixture (this will prevent lumps).
• Pour batter into loaf pan and bake for 1 - 1 1/4 hours.
• If you wish to use the glaze, heat a sauce pan to medium high heat, add butter and brown sugar. Stirring constantly, once brown sugar has dissolved add the toasted coconut, vanilla and if desired 2 TBSP coconut milk. Remove from heat and allow to slightly cool. Stir just before pouring over cooled cake.

COCONUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar, shortening, and salt.
• Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Add extract and mix well.
• In a separate bowl, sift flour and baking powder.
• Add milk to creamed mixture.
• Add flour mixture to creamed mixture.
• Fold in coconut.
• Bake in a greased and floured bundt pan for 1 hour.
• About 10 minutes before cake is done, combine sugar, extract and water in a small saucepen.
• Bring to a boil and boil one minute.
• Pour over cake immediately after removing cake from the oven.
• Let cake sit 30 minutes before removing from pan.