Heavenly coconut pound cake made from scratch with simple ingredients and a coconut glaze!
Course cake, Dessert, pound cake
Cuisine American, southern
Keyword coconut, glaze, pound cake
Prep Time 1 hourhour
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour20 minutesminutes
Servings 6people
Calories
Ingredients
POUND CAKE
2cupsall-purpose flour
2 teaspoonsbaking powder
1/2 teaspoonsalt
1½cupsgranulated sugar
3/4cupunsalted butter(1½ sticks)
3eggsroom temperature
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
1tablespoonpure coconut extract
1/2cupcanned coconut milkunsweetened
1/2 cupwhole milk
1/2cupshredded coconut flakes
GLAZE
2cupspowdered sugar
1/4cupwhole milk
saltpinch
1teaspooncoconut extract
1/2 teaspoonvanilla extract
1cupshredded coconut flakes
Instructions
Heat oven to 325 F. Grease and flour a 9 x5 loaf pan. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In another large bowl, cream together sugar and butter on low speed until well combined.
Mix in eggs one at a time.
Mix in vanilla extract and coconut extract. (see note)
Gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, alternating with the coconut milk and whole milk.
Mix until batter is fluffy.
Fold in shredded coconut flakes.
Pour batter into prepare pan and give the pan a shake to even out the batter.
Bake for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes. Check on it at the 60 minute mark and cover with aluminum foil if it's getting too dark. Continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with moist crumb clinging to it. (see note on baking time updated adjustment)
Place on a cooling rack to cool (remember cake will continue cooking as it cools)
Once pan has cooled remove cake from pan and allow to finish cooling completely on cooling rack.
While cake is cooling make the glaze by combing all glaze ingredients in a bowl until silky.
Pour half the glaze over cooled cake and then top with coconut flakes.
Once glaze has hardened, drizzle on the remaining glaze and allow to harden.
Slice and serve.
Store cake wrapped in plastic wrap in an airtight container.
Video
Notes
EXTRACTS: Extracts strength vary greatly! I used a pretty potent pure coconut extract. You may need to add more coconut extract if your brand is on the lighter side.BAKING TIME CORRECTION- Update: Whoops!!! The video says 60-65 minutes, however the correct baking time should be (1 hour and 15-20 minutes). However, do check on it at the 60 minute mark and cover with foil if you feel it is getting too dark and continue baking until the center is set.