Key Lime Coconut Cake
Serves: 2
Lilian Bahringer
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
48
Spice
47
Sweetness
47
Sourness
39
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.6
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 cup
Sweetened Flaked Coconut1.25 cups
Granulated Sugar2 large
Egg1.75 cups
Flour (self-rising)3 cup
Whole Milk1 cup
Confectioners Sugar1 tbsp
Rum (optional)Directions:
1
Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle
2
Generously butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan and line bottom with a round of parchment paper
3
Toast coconut in a small baking pan in oven, stirring once or twice, until golden, 8 to 12 minutes
4
Cool
5
Leave oven on
6
Beat together butter, granulated sugar, and zest with an electric mixer until fluffy
7
Beat in eggs 1 at a time
8
Stir together flour and 1/2 cup coconut (reserve remainder for topping)
9
Stir together milk and 2 tablespoons lime juice
10
At low speed, mix flour and milk mixtures into egg mixture alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour
11
Spoon batter into pan and smooth top
12
Bake until golden and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes
13
Cool to warm, then turn out of pan and discard parchment
14
Whisk together confectioners sugar, remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice, and rum (if using) and pour over cake
15
Sprinkle with remaining coconut
16
Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle
17
Generously butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan and line bottom with a round of parchment paper
18
Toast coconut in a small baking pan in oven, stirring once or twice, until golden, 8 to 12 minutes
19
Cool
20
Leave oven on
21
Beat together butter, granulated sugar, and zest with an electric mixer until fluffy
22
Beat in eggs 1 at a time
23
Stir together flour and 1/2 cup coconut (reserve remainder for topping)
24
Stir together milk and 2 tablespoons lime juice
25
At low speed, mix flour and milk mixtures into egg mixture alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour
26
Spoon batter into pan and smooth top
27
Bake until golden and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes
28
Cool to warm, then turn out of pan and discard parchment
29
Whisk together confectioners sugar, remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice, and rum (if using) and pour over cake
30
Sprinkle with remaining coconut