As all of you know, baking supplies/ingredients hit super low prices during the holidays. This can make people like me go a tad bit crazy and a tad bit overboard. Now seriously…can someone explain my compulsive behavior that led to a gazillion cans of evaporated milk, shredded coconut out the wazoo and enough pumpkin to feed to small country pumpkin pie for a month? I think I may need to seek professional help! Since my cupboards are busting open, I have decided to start making recipes that use these ingredients in an attempt to clear out the unsightly mess in my pantry and cupboards.
First up is a recipe for Coconut Cream Pound Cake that I adapted from allrecipes. I discovered that this recipe makes one killer strawberry shortcake. It has a super crunchy external layer that pairs perfectly with the moist, dense center. Top it with some fresh fruit and whipped cream…you end up with a Coconut Cream Dream!
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 2/3 cups white sugar
6 eggs
2 teaspoons coconut extract
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups flaked coconut-pulsed in a food processor
*fresh fruit and whipped cream (optional)
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and cream cheese until well blended.
3. Add sugar, and beat until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
4. Blend in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the extracts.
5. Mix in flour and baking powder until just moistened, then stir in coconut.
6. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
7. Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.
8. Top with fresh fruit and whipped cream.
Note: This cake is definitely a pound cake, I would not advise making this as a party cake; it is far too dense.
Jackie
Friday 11th of December 2009
Hi
In your recipe you state to pulse the coconut in a food processor, do I pulse it to a medium grind, fine grind etc.
Annie
Friday 9th of January 2009
This looks great - I love coconut cake!
beautifuliving
Friday 9th of January 2009
wow, so much yummy stuff. i think i might need to try some of these recipes.
pigpigscorner
Friday 9th of January 2009
Looks yummy! I went a bit crazy too and bought lots of half priced cream cheese and lots of other ingredients. Finding ways to get rid of them now.
Ingrid
Thursday 8th of January 2009
Yikes! My pantry is out of control with all the baking suplies too. I'm horrible about buying things for "just in case" or "what if"! I only wish it was things on sale but no I justify it with better to have it than to need it!
Good job on using up some of your excess ingedients! I think I might have a couple of bags of coconut in the freezer, too!~ingrid