{"id":19742,"date":"2015-10-08T06:18:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T10:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=19742"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:17:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:17:09","slug":"coconut-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/10\/08\/coconut-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19743\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/10\/08\/coconut-cake\/coconutcake-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CoconutCake.jpg?fit=640%2C476&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,476\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"CoconutCake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CoconutCake.jpg?fit=640%2C476&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19743\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CoconutCake.jpg?resize=640%2C476&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CoconutCake\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CoconutCake.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CoconutCake.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not every day a girl gets to celebrate a\u00a0prime number birthday &#8211; a coconut cake makes it that much sweeter!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>For the cake:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 (18.25) box white cake mix with pudding<\/li>\n<li>4 tablespoons butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>3 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sour cream<\/li>\n<li>1 cup milk<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon coconut extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sweetened coconut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba and grease two 9-inch cake pans, set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl with an electric mixer, combine all the ingredients &#8211; except for the coconut. Stir in coconut with a spoon, and divide batter evenly among the pans.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 28 to 30 minutes, testing the center with a toothpick. Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then remove the cakes from pans and let rest on the rack until cool.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>For the frosting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 &#8211; 8 ounce bar of cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>3 cups confectioner&#8217;s sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon coconut extract<\/li>\n<li>2 to 3 tablespoons milk<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sweetened coconut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large bowl beat cream cheese and butter together.<\/li>\n<li>Add confectioner&#8217;s sugar, coconut extract, and milk until well combined. You may need to scrape down the sides of the bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Frost cooled cake, and top with coconut, store in the refrigerator.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not every day a girl gets to celebrate a\u00a0prime number birthday &#8211; a coconut cake makes it that much sweeter!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[3728,2643,3727,3726],"class_list":["post-19742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-baking-on-the-fly","tag-birthday-cakes","tag-coconut-love","tag-easy-cakes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-58q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25058,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/02\/26\/hummingbird-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":19742,"position":0},"title":"Hummingbird Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite its name, no hummingbirds were harmed in the making of this cake! 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