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Some things are easy. Like pie, Earth girls and Sunday morning. Homemade coconut cake is not one of them. This recipe isn’t meant to be quick, easy or light. It has been passed down from generations of central Alabamian women and has come here to rest at your feet. Funerals and Thanksgiving celebrations have long been judged by the quality of the coconut cake that was served. When it’s done right, with time and love, there is nothing that tastes better or is more impressive. Welcome to Granny’s Homemade Coconut Cake recipe.

This recipe was shared by Mary Jewel on Thanksgiving 2012 from an older recipe that belonged to her Granny and was dated 9/20/62. Who knows where it came from before that.

Big Deals: Start with flour, end with flour. Put in one egg at a time. Beat in between eggs.

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GRANNY’S HOMEMADE COCONUT CAKE
Author: Jason Nail
Recipe type: Dessert
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Simply put, the world’s greatest homemade coconut cake. Good luck.
INGREDIENTS
  • 3 Cups plain flour
  • ¾ Cup unsalted butter
  • 2 Cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 rounded teaspoons baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 Cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon lemon extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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  • 7 Minute Frosting
  • 11/2 sugar
  • 2 unbeaten egg whites
  • 5 tablespoons cold water
  • 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
  • 2 tablespoons marshmallow cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • I package coconut
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. cream butter until soft
  2. mix sugar with butter slowly on medium speed (add just a little sugar at a time)
  3. add eggs to mix one egg at a time. mix them in nicely in between each egg
  4. turn down mixer to lowest speed
  5. combine salt and baking powder with flour
  6. combine extracts with milk
  7. mix flour and milk into sugar mix (begin with a little flour and then add milk, repeat.
  8. Start with flour, end with flour. I don’t know why. I don’t ask.
  9. Keep pulling the mix off the sides of the bowl
  10. Spray three cake pans with no stick spray. bang them on the counter to get out all the air bubbles
  11. cook at 325 for 20 minutes
  12. take them out and let them sit for a couple minutes, then dump them out onto wire cooling racks
  13. The hard part is behind you. Keep going.
  14. layer the cakes with seven minute icing and coconut
  15. Shave coconut or dump it out of the bag, depending on your commitment
  16. Seven Minute Frosting
  17. This works best in a double boiler. If you don’t have one, use a stew pot and place a metal bowl on top of it.
  18. Mix all ingredients. beat to blend well. Lower pot should contain rapidly boiling water
  19. Beat with rotary egg beater until icing is standing into peaks
  20. Remove upper pan from heat, add flavoring and beat on high until spreadable
  21. Add marshmallow cream and vanilla

Like the recipe states, you can use bagged coconut, but if you want to light things up in Jefferson County, you will need to find a grater. This job can be assigned to children or your uncle if needed. Just know that pieces of flesh will be grinded into the coconut, so find someone with clean hands.

This is something you’ll want to practice a bit until you get it perfect. Then you’ll be able to show up to parties holding a cake pan full of the finest southern baked goods this side of the Mississippi. They will literally sing celebration ballads of your victories.

Thanks for making the wranglers your stop for homemade southern recipes. We’ve invite you to explore our other cake, biscuit, and cornbread recipes. Be sure to visit our Cajun Chicken and Dumplins Recipe.

Originally published September 28, 2015.

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