Food Recipes Heavenly Coconut Pound Cake Be the first to rate & review! This is a classic pound cake with coconut flavor—simple to make and even easier to love. By Grace Elkus Grace Elkus Grace Elkus is a food writer and editor with over a decade of experience in culinary media. Highlights: * Associate food editor at Real Simple, where she developed recipes, wrote food stories, and assisted with styling * Deputy food director at Kitchn, where she and her team were responsible for 100 recipes a month * Currently the content lead for JOKR Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Updated on August 19, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Kelsey Hansen Hands On Time: 25 mins Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Yield: 1 bundt cake (12 servings) Traditionally, pound cakes are made with a pound each of butter, sugar, flour, and eggs. So how does the cake rise without a leavener like baking soda or baking powder? Creaming the butter and sugar for eight full minutes whips air into the batter, which causes the cake to rise in the oven. Ingredients For the cake: 2 cups granulated sugar 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for greasing pan, at room temperature 8 large eggs, at room temperature 3 ¼ cups cake flour 1 teaspoons kosher salt 1 ¼ cups unsweetened shredded coconut, divided For the glaze and topping (optional): 1 ½ cups powdered sugar 2 to 3 tablespoons whole milk, as needed ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut Directions Preheat oven to 325°F. Beat together granulated sugar and butter with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until very fluffy and pale, about 8 minutes. Reduce speed to medium-low and beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until combined, stopping to scrape down sides of the bowl as needed. (Mixture will look broken, but will come together when flour is added.) Reduce speed to low and gradually add flour and salt until just combined. Fold in 1 cup shredded coconut. Generously grease a 12-cup Bundt pan with butter; coat inside of pan with ¼ cup shredded coconut, tapping out excess. Pour batter into pan and smooth the top. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and cool completely, about 1 hour. For the glaze: Whisk together powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of the milk in a small bowl until smooth. If needed, whisk in remaining 1 tablespoon milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, to create a pourable glaze consistency. Pour over cooled cake. Top with ¼ cup shredded coconut. Rate it Print