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Coconut Bundt Cake

Makes 1 (13-cup) Bundt cake

No cast-iron Bundt pan? This cake can be baked at the same temperature and time in a regular 15-cup Bundt pan.

Cake:

1 cup unsalted butter
2½ cups sugar
4 large eggs
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1¼ cups canned unsweetened coconut milk, divided
2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
¼ cup sour cream
¼ cup coconut cream

Glaze:

2 cups confectioners’ sugar
3 tablespoons cream of coconut*
3 tablespoons whole milk
Garnish: sweetened flaked coconut

1. Preheat oven to 325°. Spray a 13-cup cast-iron Bundt pan with cooking spray.

2. For cake: In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until combined after each addition. Stir in vanilla.

3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with 1 cup coconut milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating just until combined after each addition. Beat in coconut and sour cream. Spoon batter into prepared pan, smoothing top.

4. Bake until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

5. In a small saucepan, cook coconut cream and remaining ¼ cup coconut milk over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Let cool to room temperature.

6. Using a wooden pick or skewer, poke holes in warm cake. Gradually pour coconut milk mixture onto top of cake. Let cool in pan for 20 minutes. Place a wire rack over a sheet of foil. Invert cake onto wire rack, and let cool completely.

7. For glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together confectioners’ sugar and cream of coconut. Whisk in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Drizzle onto cooled cake. Garnish with coconut, if desired.

*We used Coco López.

KITCHEN TIP

Separation of liquid and solids in a can of coconut milk is natural, and this cake recipe takes