Best Swans Down Orange Coconut Cake Recipes
SWANS DOWN ORANGE COCONUT CAKE
I've found some old recipes and I'm feeling quite nostalgic these days and want to "safe keep" tried and true recipes from years past that taste great and were well received. This particular recipe came from the back of the box of "Swans Down Self Rising Flour". I remember making this for the 1st time when I was 11 or 12 years old for my nieces baptism.
Provided by ForeverMama
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- CAKE:.
- Preheat oven to 350-degrees F --
- Sift cake flour with sugar.
- In a separate bowl, stir butter and orange rind to soften. Add flour mixture and milk. Mix to dampen flour; beat for 2 minutes at medium speed of an electric mixer or 300 strokes by hand.
- Add eggs and beat one minute longer with mixer or 150 strokes by hand.
- Stir in coconut.
- Pour into grease and floured tube pan.
- Bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until cake tests done.
- Remove from oven and let cool. Remove from pan and invert onto serving platter.
- When cooled completely, frost with Fluffy Orange Frosting.
- FLUFFY ORANGE FROSTING:.
- Mix egg whites, sugar, salt, water and corn syrup in top of a double boiler.
- Beat over simmering water (being careful that water doesn't touch bottom of bowl your ingredients are in) an elextric beater or rotary beater. Beat until frosting stands in stiff peaks.
- Remove bowl from water.
- Add vanilla and orange extracts. Tint if desired with food coloring to bring out the "orangie-ness".
EASY MELT IN YOUR MOUTH COCONUT CAKE
One of my friends shared this recipe with me and every time I make it I get "best cake ever" comments! A guaranteed easy hit every time, and the most moist cake you will ever eat!
Provided by tennis5
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 15 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Bake cake according to cake box directions in a 13 x 9 pan.
- Take cake out of oven and while still hot, poke holes all over top with something the size of a small birthday candle.
- Slowly pour can of sweetened condensed milk over the top of cake making sure it doesnt all run to the sides.
- Slowly pour Coco Lopez over top of cake -- you may have to heat this up in microwave 20-30 seconds to get it liquid.
- enough to pour -- this ingredient is found in the "drink mixers" section of the grocery store.
- If you have time, cover cake and put in refrigerator overnight getting it cold.
- When you are ready to serve, spread Cool Whip on top and then sprinkle coconut over top to taste -- guaranteed to please!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 486.4, Fat 29.1, SaturatedFat 22.1, Cholesterol 9.7, Sodium 285.5, Carbohydrate 54.1, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 39.1, Protein 5.8
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