maryella's coconut cake

How To Make maryella's coconut cake

• 1

  Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sift flour together with baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• 2

  Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla and coconut extract.
• 3

  Alternately mix in flour and coconut milk (starting and ending with flour) mixing until well blended
• 4

  Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch round baking pans and bake on 325 for approximately 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 5

  Cool cakes in pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan and cool on a cooling rack for 30 minutes to an hour before frosting.
• 6

  To prepare Icing: cream butter; gradually add confection sugar and milk, beating until mixture reaches a good spreading consistency; mix in coconut extract; fold in 1/2 cup coconut flakes.
• 7

  Frost cake with coconut butter cream icing; cover cake with remaining coconut flakes.
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