Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Coconut Madness

Tall and fluffy, this coconut cake is just fun to look at -- and also to eat. The recipe, Miss Essie Brazil's Three-Layer Coconut Cake, was in the Washington Post a couple of years ago and came highly recommended. The cake is light and moist and speckled with coconut flakes, and the frosting is a voluptuous and sticky Italian meringue base, which is then coated in even more coconut. One thing that's particularly nice is that this coconut cake, unlike others I've tasted, isn't too sweet. Just a slice ...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow.....beautiful!

Ali said...

Looks so yummy!

Kt said...

Thanks Ali and Sara!

I'd share ... but, um, it's all gone. :b