Coconut Cake

By Bryan Miller

Total Time
1 hour 15 minutes
Rating
3(33)
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Ingredients

Yield:10 to 12 servings
  • 1⅓cups sherry
  • 9ounces raisins
  • 2cups sugar
  • 3cups water
  • 2cinnamon sticks
  • 7ounces unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1pound cake (see recipe)
  • 10eggs, separated
  • 2teaspoons powdered cinnamon
  • Butter for greasing cake pan
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Nutritional analysis per serving (12 servings)

405 calories; 17 grams fat; 12 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 2 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 59 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams dietary fiber; 50 grams sugars; 7 grams protein; 82 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Soak the raisins in sherry. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

  2. Step 2

    In a saucepan, combine sugar, water and cinnamon sticks. Cook over medium heat until the mixture forms a thick syrup. Add coconut, stir well, and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool. Remove the cinnamon sticks.

  3. Step 3

    Grate the pound cake into a large mixing bowl. Beat the egg yolks, and add them to the pound cake along with the coconut mixture, the raisins and sherry and the powdered cinnamon.

  4. Step 4

    Butter a 10-inch-diameter spring-form cake pan.

  5. Step 5

    Beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Fold them into the batter. Pour the batter into the pan, and bake for about 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

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Miss Vivian

I am almost afraid to make the cake. If I am reading the recipe correctly, I am to bake a pound cake, grate it and use it to bake a coconut cake. I have never twice baked a cake before. Are there others that have made this cake and would be willing to share the results and how it was received by others? Instead of following the pound cake recipe, would my pound cake recipe work just as wel?

Miss Vivian

I am almost afraid to make the cake. If I am reading the recipe correctly, I am to bake a pound cake, grate it and use it to bake a coconut cake. I have never twice baked a cake before. Are there others that have made this cake and would be willing to share the results and how it was received by others? Instead of following the pound cake recipe, would my pound cake recipe work just as wel?

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