Coconut cake recipes?

[heabrook]

I am craving coconut cake.

Does anyone have any recipes or suggestions? No chocolate please. Just coconut yummy goodness.

Thanks!

[Lunar*Fey]

I don't know if this is what you are looking for or if it is good or not, I just remembered seeing this recipe and found it on living-foods.com
You can probably omit the carob without any problem.

Sergei's Young Coconut Dream Cake
Crust:
- 1 cup raw unsoaked walnuts
- 1/2 cup of your favorite pitted dates
- 1/4 cup young coconut water
- 4 table spoons of raw carob

1. Blend the walnuts and dates in a food processor till the mixture is
smooth.
2. Mix in the 4 Tbs of carob and the coconut water.
3. Spread one layer of crust out on a plate.
4. Place sliced fruits on top of first layer.
5. Place second layer of crust on top.

Icing:
- 1 cup young coconut meat
- water, enough to blend into thick topping
- 1 tablespoon honey

1. Blend all the ingredients in a vita-mixer.
2. Spread icing on cake.
3. Decorate with fruit slices and nuts.

[heabrook]

That does sound really good. I wonder what type of fruit slices would be good though? I'm thinking banana but not sure what else.. maybe strawberry too.

Thanks so much! that isn't a very complicated one either. But I have to get a young coconut, and last time we did it was a nightmare getting it open. My husband ended up making it squirt coconut milk everywhere :p

I'm going to print out the recipe and see if he is willing to try and open another one of those coconuts. If I make this, I will post a picture for you!

[Lunar*Fey]

yay I'm glad to have helped. If you do end up making it I hope you like it! That would be great to see a picture :) Good luck opening that coconut ;)

[heabrook]

Okay, I am going to try this because I found a video on how to open a young coconut properly. :)

The main synopsis of the video is: don't let your husband do it

lol. No.. It doesn't say that :D He did the best he could. Once it was open, it was quite tasty. It tastes so different from the other coconuts (the old coconuts I guess they should be called? :p)