This Coconut Pecan Cake is so flavorful and moist, with flaked coconut and toasted pecans in each chew. This scrumptious bundt cake is a bit fluffier and lighter than our favourite Coconut Pecan Pound Cake, and has improbable taste.
Why we Love It
The way to Make Coconut Pecan Cake
You could find the full, printable recipe on the backside of this submit. Here’s a fast have a look at our steps!
Roasting the Pecans
For a taste enhance, we tossed our chopped pecans in melted butter and baked them for about 7 minutes on a cookie sheet. This step is elective, however actually brings out the flavour of the pecans.
Give them a little bit stir about midway by way of baking, and keep watch over them in order that they do not turn into too darkish.
For the Cake
Preheat oven to 325 levels F (if not already). Grease and calmly flour a bundt pan.
- Sprinkle ½ cup of chopped, buttered pecans evenly within the backside of the ready bundt pan. (You’ll nonetheless have 1 cup remaining for the batter).
- In a medium bowl, whisk the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt for 30 seconds. Put aside
- In one other bowl, add the buttermilk, vegetable oil and coconut extract. Put aside.
- Within the bowl of your mixer, add the softened butter and blend at medium velocity till easy. Progressively add the sugar and proceed to combine on medium velocity for 3 to five minutes till lightened in shade and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one by one, mixing after every till the yellow of the yolk has blended.
- With the mixer on low velocity, alternately add the flour combination and buttermilk combination, starting and ending with the dry elements (3 additions of dry elements and a couple of of liquid).
- Combine simply till included. Watch out to not over-mix.
- Fold within the sweetened flaked coconut and one cup of chopped pecans.
- Scoop the batter into the ready bundt pan, which has been sprinkled with ½ cup of chopped pecans.
- Bake at 325 levels F for 45 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the heart comes out clear or with simply few crumbs connected. Baking occasions can range and so peek in as the top time approaches, and alter time as wanted.
- Enable the cake to chill within the pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack earlier than turning out.
For the Coconut Glaze
This cake is gorgeous an scrumptious simply as it’s, however for an additional enhance of coconut taste (and to decorate it up a bit) you’ll be able to add a easy glaze!
It is a twist on our easy vanilla glaze for pound truffles, however with coconut extract as an alternative of vanilla. It is extremely fast and simple to make, provides one other layer of taste, and units dry to the contact.
After combining the powdered sugar, a little bit of milk, a pinch of salt, and coconut extract, you’ll be able to spoon it over the cooled cake, or apply with a piping bag (or ziplock bag) with the tip snipped away.
Extra Desserts
We have made a number of extra scrumptious truffles with pecans and coconut over time! A few of our favorites are our basic Italian Cream Cake, Coconut Hummingbird Cake, Coconut Pecan Pound Cake, German Chocolate Cake, and Carrot Cake! Make certain to place these in your must-bake listing!
Thanks a lot for stopping by at the moment! We hope that you just take pleasure in this Coconut Pecan Bundt Cake as a lot as we have now!
Easy Coconut Glaze (elective)
For the Pecans (Roasting elective however provides extra taste)
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Set oven to 325 levels F. Put 2 Tablespoons butter on baking sheet (use parchment if you would like). When melted, (melts shortly) add 1 ½ cups chopped pecans and toss to coat.Â
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Unfold out pecans and bake 7-10 minutes or till their shade deepens. Stir after a couple of minutes, they roast shortly. Enable to chill when you put together the cake batter.
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Put aside 1 cup chopped pecans for the cake batter. The remaining ½ cup can be sprinkled into the pan.
For the Cake
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Preheat oven to 325 levels F (if not already). Grease and calmly flour a bundt pan.
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Sprinkle ½ cup of chopped, buttered pecans evenly within the backside of the ready bundt pan. (You’ll nonetheless have 1 cup remaining for the batter).
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In a medium bowl, whisk the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt for 30 seconds. Put aside
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In one other bowl, add the buttermilk, vegetable oil and coconut extract. Put aside.
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Within the bowl of your mixer, add the softened butter and blend at medium velocity till easy. Progressively add the sugar and proceed to combine on medium velocity for 3 to five minutes till lightened in shade and fluffy.
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Add the eggs one by one, mixing after every till the yellow of the yolk has blended.
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With the mixer on low velocity, alternately add the flour combination and buttermilk combination, starting and ending with the dry elements (3 additions of dry elements and a couple of of liquid).
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Combine simply till included. Watch out to not over-mix.
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Fold within the sweetened flaked coconut and one cup of chopped pecans.
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Scoop the batter into the ready bundt pan, which has been sprinkled with ½ cup of chopped pecans.
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Bake at 325 levels F for 45 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the heart comes out clear or with simply few crumbs connected. Baking occasions can range relying on pan & oven. Peek in as the top time approaches, and add extra time in small increments if wanted.
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Enable the cake to chill within the pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack earlier than turning out.
For the Coconut Glaze
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Mix the confectioners sugar, milk, coconut extract, and a pinch of salt in a small bowl and stir till easy.
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Apply the glaze over the cooled pound cake. (I spooned mine right into a piping bag with the tip snipped away for extra management.)
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If the glaze is simply too skinny, add a bit extra powdered sugar. Whether it is too thick, add a bit extra milk.
Storage
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Retailer the cake at room temperature, in an hermetic container or below a cake dome, sealed bakery field, and many others. This cake can be frozen for as much as three months if tightly wrapped.
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Recipe makes roughly 7 ½ cups batter. It really works for cupcakes additionally! If making cupcakes, bake at 350 levels F for roughly 15-18 minutnes.
To freeze the cake, wrap in plastic wrap adopted by foil. You possibly can place on a foil-wrapped cake board for further help if you would like. Freeze for as much as three months. To thaw, transfer the wrapped cake to the fridge the day earlier than you want it. Transfer to the kitchen counter the following morning and proceed to convey to room temp. Then, retailer as standard below a cake dome, in an hermetic container, and many others.
