Fudgy Coconut Cream Cake
Fudgy Coconut Cream Cake
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Ingredients
Cake Layers
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, soft
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
- 4 large eggs
- 1 3/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk, well shaken
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon strong coconut flavor
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Coconut Cream Filling
- 2/3 cup butter-flavored shortening, or 1/3 cup butter and 1/3 cup vegetable shortening
- 2 tablespoons coconut milk powder or King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon strong coconut flavor
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened coconut milk
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 1/2 cups marshmallow creme
Chocolate Coconut Frosting
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, soft
- 3 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
- 5 to 6 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon strong coconut flavoring
- pinch of salt
- unsweetened coconut milk as needed to adjust consistency
Directions
For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour three 9" round cake pans, line them with parchment, and grease the parchment.
1) In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar, and cooled chocolate together. Add the eggs one at a time, and beat until the mixture is fluffy.
2) In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
3) Combine the milks, vanilla, and coconut flavor in a large measuring cup.
4) Add the dry and wet ingredients to the butter mixture in thirds, alternating between them until all are incorporated. Stop the mixer, scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl, and beat for 1 minute more, to be sure the batter is evenly mixed.
5) Divide the batter evenly among the prepared pans, leveling the tops with an offset spatula. Bake the layers for 26 to 28 minutes, until the center springs back when lightly touched, and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool in the pans on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove the layers from the pans and return to the rack to finish cooling completely.
6) For the filling: Blend the shortening or shortening and butter with the coconut milk powder or flour. Add the coconut flavor, vanilla, and coconut milk, and mix until combined. Mix in the salt, then half the confectioners' sugar, until well blended. Mix in the marshmallow creme, then the remaining confectioners' sugar.
7. For the frosting: Mix the butter and cooled chocolate together; beat in 1 cup of the confectioners' sugar. Mix in the vanilla, coconut flavor, and salt, then add the remaining confectioners' sugar 1 cup at a time, adjusting the consistency with unsweetened coconut milk as necessary, until you have a spreadable consistency.
8) Trim any domes off the cake layers to make them flat, if necessary. Line a serving plate with strips of parchment or waxed paper, and place one layer, top down, on top. Spread with half the coconut filling. Place another layer over the filling, top down, and spread with the remaining coconut filling. Place the third layer on top.
9) Cover the top and sides of the cake with a thin layer of chocolate frosting. Place the cake in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to firm up this crumb coat. Finish the cake with the remaining frosting, decorating it however you like. Garnish the top with some shaved or shredded coconut, if desired.
Yield: one 9" triple-layer cake.
Reviews
08/27/2011- It did take some time to build but it was worth it, well worth it. I reduced the sugar in the cake and the filling, worked out just fine. This cake is seriously good, wonderfully moist. I wills say that I tried it with several different coconut extracts, some were rather expensive and fancy-pants, often more than doubling the recommended amount. In the end the King Arthur's vanilla extract was the most flavorful with only the recommended about.
- 12/29/2010
- This is our new favorite Birthday Cake recipe. I thought the recipe looked interesting, but it is way better than I could have imagined. I could go on and on, but the other reviews sum it all up very well. Different, delicous, and a "titch" decadent. Who could ask for more?? Life is good.
11/16/2010- Beyond too sweet. This was pretty terrible. Both the filling and the frosting were tooth achingly sweet. The cake was decent, but there's no special reason to bake 3 separate layers. It would have been much less trouble to bake two thicker cakes and then slice them in half. This was a big disappointment.
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- 08/20/2010
- This cake is absolutely fabulous--the whole thing is very unique and special and not too sweet at all in our opinion, for what isn't to like about fudgy, creamy frosting made with powdered sugar? This cake didn't last long at our house the first time I made it...Then I made cupcakes the second time and used my pastry bag to insert the filling in the middle of the cupcakes, then just frosted them to get the whole desired taste with the filling in the middle. Since I didn't use up all the filling, after frosting them I piped a filling star on each one to decorate them a little more. The cupcakes were the first dessert gone at the recent neighborhood BBQ and they were raving about them. One thing I would mention, I tried and didn't like using the lite version of coconut milk in trying to cut out some of the fat, but hey, I think in this cake use the full fat version if you can as I thought the whole thing was much better with the regular coconut milk...happy baking!
Sounds so good. I need to make these, I think! Glad they were the BBQ favorite dessert. Elisabeth @ KAF
- 04/20/2010
- Though this took a little time to prepare it was well worth it. I made it for a birthday. Someone at the party said it was better than anything he bought at bakeries. Keep thes recipies coming!
- 04/10/2010
- Made this cake for my husband's birthday and it was a big hit! The addition of the coconut milk gave the cake an amazingly moist texture. I think I will use this cake recipe for all of my chocolate layer cakes from now on, (just omitting the coconut extract when a coconut flavour is not desired). Thanks KAF for providing so many great recipes, my baking has certainly reached new heights since discovering you 4 years ago. My family and coworkers thank you too as they regularly benefit from my frequent KAF baking endeavours...Keep up the great work!
Keep up the great action research (read home baking here!)! Irene @ KAF
- 04/07/2010
- Wonderful cake! - not overpowering either chocolate or coconut. Not too sweet nor too rich... delicious! Will definitely make it again! Makes you wonder about the comments that were poor - did they make it correctly? hmmm... yummy for us!!
- 04/05/2010
- Excellent! Worth every minute.
- 03/19/2010
- I made this cake for my birthday last Sunday and my family went crazy over it. I followed your directions for weighing the batter in each pan using a kitchen scale and the 3 layers were perfect at 1 lb + a fraction for each layer. Do not overcook - test by touching top of cake with a finger - if it springs back and is pulling away from the edges of the pan slightly - it's done. I only had 1/8 teaspoon of coconut extract so I put 1 cup of extra coconut in the blender with the cream filling recipe (using 1 Tablespoon as per the recipe). The rest of the coconut milk/coconut mixture for the frosting.
03/15/2010- Beautiful texture but way too sweet. We each had a slice that we couldn't finish and ended up throwing it away.
