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Updated Aug 23, 2006
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Make your next pound cake even more decadent by adding tropical coconut flavor!

Coconut Pound Cake

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 3 hr 0 min
  • Servings 24
  • Ingredients 10
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Ingredients

  • 2 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk or evaporated milk
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1 tablespoon coconut extract
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube cake pan, 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan, or 2 (9x5-inch) loaf pans.
  • Step 
    2
    Beat sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 5 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
  • Step 
    3
    Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Beat into sugar mixture alternately with milk on low speed. Fold coconut and coconut extract into batter. Spread in pan(s).
  • Step 
    4
    Bake fluted tube or angel food cake pan 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, loaf pans1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes; remove from pan(s) and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

Nutrition

265 Calories
12 g Total Fat
3 g Protein
37 g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
265
Calories from Fat
110
Total Fat
12 g
Saturated Fat
7 g
Cholesterol
70 mg
Sodium
135 mg
Potassium
60 mg
Total Carbohydrate
37 g
Dietary Fiber
1 g
Protein
3 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
8%
8%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1 1/2 Fruit; 2 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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