Coconut Pecan Pound Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 5 Eggs

• Canned Goods

  • 1 1/8 cup Coconut milk

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 cup Brown sugar
  • 3 cups Cake flour
  • 2 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/3 tbsp Vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups White sugar

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 1/2 cups Coconut, toasted
  • 2 1/2 cup Pecans

• Dairy

  • 3 sticks Butter, unsalted
  • 2 8 ounce package Cream cheese

Found on creolecontessa.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
• 5 eggs, room temperature
• 2 sticks butter, unsalted, room temperature
• 3 cups cake flour
• 2 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups toasted shredded coconut
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 stick butter, unsalted, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons coconut milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• toasted coconut and chopped pecans to top.

Directions

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Spray a bundt pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• Cream butter and cream cheese in mixer for about 3-5 minutes.
• Add sugars slowly to butter/cream cheese mixture.
• Add eggs to mixture 1 at a time, beating for 20 seconds between the next egg.
• Add vanilla.
• Mix flour and salt together. Add in four batches to mixture.
• Alternate between flour and coconut milk.
• Beat about 20 seconds between.
• Scraping down sides of mixing bowl.
• Toss coconut and pecans with last batch of flour.
• Add to mixer and beat for about 20 more seconds.
• Pour mixture into baking pan. Tap baking pan on counter to remove air bubbles.
• Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes, check cake with a skewer for fork. Bake 10 minutes more if needed.
• Remove cake from oven, allow to cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove from pan and cool on cake platter for 30 more minutes.
• Place all ingredients into a mixer and mix well.
• Add more coconut milk to thin to desired consistency.
• Pour cream cheese over cake and top with shredded coconut and chopped pecans.
• Serve with extra cream cheese on the side.

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