Cooking from the Glossies: Key Lime Coconut Cake

Name: Cooking from the Glossies: Key Lime Coconut Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters 2 percent milk; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar; 2 larges eggs; 296 milliliters granulated sugar; 59 milliliters fresh Key lime juice, divided; 1 Tbsp grated Key lime zest; 1 Tbsp rum (optional); 414 milliliters self-rising flour; 237 milliliters sweetened flaked coconut; 1 stick unsalted butter, softened

Cooking from the Glossies: Key Lime Coconut Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 461 calories, 6g of protein, and 16g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Mother's Day. Head to the store and pick up key lime juice, rum, lime zest, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Generously butter a 9 x 2-inch round cake pan and line bottom with a run of parchment paper.

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Toast coconut in a small baking pan in oven, stirring once or twice, until golden, 8 to 12 minutes. Cool. Leave oven on.

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Coconut

Toast

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Beat together butter, granulated sugar, and zest with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Stir together flour and 1/2 cup coconut (reserve remainder for topping). Stir together milk and 2 tablespoons lime juice. At low speed, mix flour and milk mixtures into egg mixture alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour.

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Granulated Sugar