Coconut Coffee Cake
 
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Inspired by a recipe from my mom's family cookbook, this coffee cake is so delicious. A yellow butter cake made with coconut milk and vanilla instant pudding mix is lined and topped with a cinnamon sugar pecan mixture. Then there is simple icing drizzled on top to make it perfect. This would be ideal for brunch or an afternoon coffee break.
Serves: 9
Ingredients
For the nut mixture:
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup chopped pecans
  • ¾ cup flaked unsweetened coconut
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
For the cake:
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 cup canned lite coconut milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 5 tablespoons butter, softened
For the icing:
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1-2 tablespoons canned lite coconut milk
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x9 baking dish.
  2. In a small bowl stir together the ingredients for the nut mixture. Set aside.
  3. In another small bowl whisk together the egg, egg yolk, coconut milk, and vanilla.
  4. In the bowl of the electric mixer (or a large bowl) stir together the sugar, flour, pudding mix, baking powder, and salt.
  5. Add the butter and mix on medium for about 90 seconds. The butter should be evenly distributed throughout the flour mixture.
  6. Add the wet ingredients and beat until combined, about 30-60 seconds.
  7. Pour half of the batter into the baking disk. Top batter with half of the nut mixture. Top this with the remaining cake batter, then sprinkle the remaining nut mixture on top.
  8. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out with slight crumbs.
  9. In a small bowl stir together the icing ingredients and drizzle on top of the cake.
  10. Let the cake sit for 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
Notes
The coconut flavor is quite subtle. To make it stand out more add ¼ teaspoon coconut extract and/or replace the vanilla instant pudding mix with coconut instant pudding mix.
Recipe by Just J.Faye at https://www.justjfaye.com/2015/03/21/coconut-coffee-cake/