Grandma Yearwood's Coconut Cake with Coconut Lemon Glaze
By TNcook
Trisha Yearwood's Grandmother's lost but found recipe. Made with vanilla wafers. Really different!! Got great reviews on Food Network.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature, plus more for greasing
- Flour, for dusting pan
- 2 cups 2 cups sugar
- 6 large 6 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- One 12-ounce box One 12-ounce box vanilla wafers, finely crushed
- One 6-ounce package One 6-ounce package frozen or fresh grated coconut, thawed
- 1/2 cup 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- LEMON GLAZE
- 2 cups 2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- Pinch Pinch of salt
- Grated zest of 2 large lemons
- 1/4 cup 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 large lemons)
- One 6-ounce package One 6-ounce package frozen or fresh grated coconut, thawed
Details
Servings 12
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 170mins
Adapted from foodnetwork.com
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
For the cake: Grease and flour a 9-inch tube cake pan. Cream the butter and sugar until light and smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla extract, beating well. Mix in the vanilla wafer crumbs, coconut and pecans. Pour into the pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack.
For the glaze: Mix the sugar, cornstarch, salt, lemon zest and juice, 1 1/2 cups of water and coconut in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring until thickened, for about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly, then using a toothpick, poke several holes in the top of the cake and drizzle the glaze over the cake.
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