Coconut Brown Sugar Pound Cake
- 3 sticks Softened Butter
- 3 cups Light Brown Sugar, Firmly Packed
- 6 whole Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
- 3 cups Unbleached Flour
- 1/4 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 1 cup Sour Cream At Room Temperature
- 6 ounces, weight Sweetened Shredded Coconut
- 1/4 cups Powdered Sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour standard bundt or tube pan.
- In a stand mixer or large bowl, cream together the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add the vanilla and beat again, scraping the bottom of the mixing bowl with a spatula to make sure all is well combined.
- Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium sized bowl.
- Add half the flour mixture to the egg mixture and stir until smooth.
- Add all of the sour cream and mix again.
- Add the rest of the flour mixture and mix, again scraping the bottom of the bowl to make sure the batter is smooth and well combined.
- Add all but 2 tablespoons of the coconut and stir by hand to distribute evenly.
- Spoon evenly into prepared pan and smooth top with a spatula.
- Bake for 75 minutes, until firm to the touch.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes in the pan.
- Invert onto cooling rack and let cool completely.
- Move to a cake stand. Put powdered sugar into a fine strainer and tap sides to float an even layer of powdered sugar over the top of the cake.
- Garnish with the reserved coconut.
butter, light brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, ubc, salt, sour cream at, coconut, ubc
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/coconut-brown-sugar-pound-cake/ (may not work)