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Not Just Your Ordinary Coconut Cake Recipe

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Not Just Your Ordinary Coconut Cake
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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
1425
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Do not preheat oven.
  2. Grease and flour a tube pan.
  3. Cream butter, shortening and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  4. Add eggs one at a time.
  5. Pour lemon extract into milk.
  6. Sift dry ingredients together into separate bowl.
  7. Add 1/3 dry ingredients to sugar and egg mixture then follow with 1/2 of the milk.
  8. Beat at slowest speed until flour just is mixed.
  9. Add second third of dry ingredients and remaining milk.
  10. Beat until flour is just mixed then scrape bowl and add remaining flour.
  11. Mix until just blended and pour into pan.
  12. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
  13. Do not open the door for the first hour or the cake will fall.
  14. Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes and remove from pan.
  15. Allow to cool 30 minutes before slicing.
  16. Slice cake into 3 layers using large serrated knife.
  17. To make frosting combine sugar, cream of tartar, salt and water in heavy saucepan.
  18. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture is clear.
  19. Cook until mixture reaches 240 on a candy thermometer.
  20. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
  21. Let mixer continue to run and slowly pour sugar mixture in a thin stream down side of bowl.
  22. Add coconut extract.
  23. Continue beating until stiff peaks form and frosting thickens to desired consistency.
  24. Cover a layer of the cake with frosting and sprinkle with coconut.
  25. Repeat for all 3 layers and top of cake.
  26. Frost sides and gently press coconut onto sides to cover.
  27. Refrigerate overnight before serving.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1425.41 Kcal (5968 kJ)
Calories from fat 678.08 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 75.34g 116%
Cholesterol 177.8mg 59%
Sodium 212.71mg 9%
Potassium 463.1mg 10%
Total Carbs 176.71g 59%
Sugars 117.6g 470%
Dietary Fiber 6.48g 26%
Protein 14.26g 29%
Vitamin C 1.7mg 3%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 6.6mg 37%
Calcium 96.6mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 364.44 Kcal (1526 kJ)
Calories from fat 173.37 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.26g 116%
Cholesterol 45.46mg 59%
Sodium 54.39mg 9%
Potassium 118.4mg 10%
Total Carbs 45.18g 59%
Sugars 30.07g 470%
Dietary Fiber 1.66g 26%
Protein 3.65g 29%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 3%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 9%
Iron 1.7mg 37%
Calcium 24.7mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 34
    Points
  • 39
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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