Moist Coconut Cake

This coconut cake recipe makes a soft and moist cake with easy baking ingredients, coconut extract, and flaked coconut for a great coconut flavor.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 408 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 5 eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan (see Cook's Note).

Step 3

Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl; set aside.

Step 4

Beat butter and sugar together in a separate large bowl with an electric mixer until noticeably lighter in color and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the beaten butter mixture before adding the next. Mix in coconut extract.

Step 5

Pour in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing until just incorporated. Fold in coconut, mixing just enough to evenly combine. Pour cake batter into prepared pan.

Step 6

If desired, frost cooled cake with your favorite buttercream frosting and sprinkle with flaked coconut.