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Delicious Old Fashioned Coconut Cake

homemade coconut cake

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5 from 4 reviews

Classic Southern coconut cake with fluffy layers and traditional 7-minute frosting. This old-fashioned recipe creates a cloud-like cake covered in fresh coconut.

Ingredients

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  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 5 egg whites
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract
  • Fresh grated coconut
  • Ingredients for 7-minute frosting

Instructions

  1. Sift dry ingredients together
  2. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form
  3. Mix wet ingredients separately
  4. Combine all carefully
  5. Bake in prepared pans
  6. Make 7-minute frosting
  7. Stack layers with frosting
  8. Cover entire cake with coconut

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