Name: Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Cake:; 1½ cups white sugar; 2 eggs; 4 egg yolks; 1 cup milk; ½ cup butter; 2½ cups all purpose flour; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla extract; For Frosting:; 1¾ cups white sugar; ½ cup water; 4 room temperature egg whites; 1 tsp vanilla extract; ½ tsp cream of tartar; 2 cups sweetened and flaked, or as needed coconut

How To Make Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake

You can’t get any more traditional than this white and fluffy as a cloud coconut cake. The tender crumb is frosted with vanilla icing and coconut flakes.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Cool Time: 2 hours 10 minutes

Total: 3 hours

Serves:

Ingredients

For Cake:

1½cupswhite sugar
2eggs
4egg yolks
1cupmilk
½cupbutter
2½cupsall purpose flour
1tbspbaking powder
1tspvanilla extract

For Frosting:

1¾cupswhite sugar
½cupwater
4egg whites,room temperature
1tspvanilla extract
½tspcream of tartar
2cupscoconut,sweetened and flaked, or as needed

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three 9-inch round cake pans.
Mix sugar, eggs, and egg yolks together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer for about 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
Heat milk and butter in saucepan over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes until butter melts. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
Combine flour and baking powder in a bowl. Pour into egg mixture. Add vanilla extract and milk mixture; beat well using an electric mixer. Divide batter evenly among the prepared pans.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 18 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
Let cool in pans for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Meanwhile, thoroughly clean mixing bowl and beaters. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar with an electric mixer until foamy.
Bring sugar and water to a boil in a saucepan. Boil for 3 to 4 minutes, until a candy thermometer reads 242 degrees F.
Beat egg whites on high speed. Carefully pour in hot sugar mixture in the side of the bowl, avoiding the beaters; continue to beat on high for 6 to 8 minutes until stiff peaks form. Stir in vanilla extract.
Place 1 cooled cake layer on a serving platter and frost the top. Repeat with second and third layers of cake.
Complete frosting the sides, top, and throughout. Sprinkle coconut on top and smooth onto sides of cake using hands.