Black Walnut Coconut Pound Cake

By Cookie67

Mom has made this and it is realllly good........

Ingredients

• CAKE
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup safflower oil
• 4 large eggs
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 tsp coconut extract
• 1 cup chopped black or English walnuts
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• COCONUT SYRUP
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp coconut extract

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine sugar, oil and eggs. Beat well for 2 minutes on high speed.

3. Combine flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder in a large bowl. Combine buttermilk and extract in a small bowl. Add sugar mixture to flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in nuts and coconut. Pour batter into prepared tube pan. Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the top comes out clean.

4. Pour hot coconut syrup over hot cake. Let cake remain in pan 4 hours to absorb syrup, then turn it out onto a serving plate.