FIRETHORN1   58 #1 Posted March 23, 2019 Has anyone got a recipe for a moist coconut cake that they could share with me please? I've tried a couple of recipes that I found online and although the cakes were perfectly ok, they turned out more like sponge cakes with coconut in them. I want to make the kind of moist, quite dense coconut cake - the kind that you bake in a loaf tin. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
poppet2   13 #2 Posted July 4, 2019 What makes any cake moist is more oil/butter. The more oil, the moister the cake. One other tip, buy a coconut and grate it. Once you've tasted fresh coconut, you will never go back to desiccated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
FIRETHORN1   58 #3 Posted July 9, 2019 Thanks for your reply and your helpful tip, poppet2. I tried the extra oil, as you suggested and it really did do the trick!  As well as the usual amount of butter, I added about an ounce from a block of creamed coconut - and yes, it made the cake quite a bit moister and denser. I also took your advice about using grated fresh coconut instead of the desiccated stuff. Definitely a much nicer and more delicate "coconutty" flavour...but it's a right time consuming faff to shell, peel and grate a fresh coconut. Well worth it though....if you've got the time to do it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...