Coconut Cake with Seven

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Here’s a big, beautiful recipe write-up for your daughter’s Coconut Cake with Seven-Minute Frosting💕 — filled with love, history, benefits, and everything to truly celebrate her effort. 🌸

🌴✨ Coconut Cake with Seven-Minute Frosting ✨🌴

💖 Introduction

There are some desserts that instantly warm the heart, and Coconut Cake with Seven-Minute Frosting is one of them. Fluffy, moist, and delicately sweet, this cake feels like a tropical hug in every bite. The snowy white coconut shreds layered over glossy marshmallow-like frosting make it as beautiful as it is delicious. What makes this recipe even more special is that it was baked with love by a 14-year-old young baker — and that’s the real secret ingredient! 💕

🧾 Ingredients

For the Cake:

  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup coconut milk (unsweetened or whole milk)
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon coconut extract (optional, for stronger coconut flavor)

For the Seven-Minute Frosting:

  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • ⅓ cup water
  • 2 large egg whites
  • ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Topping:

  • 2 cups sweetened shredded coconut, lightly toasted or plain

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Step 1: Prepare the Cake Batter

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  4. Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla and coconut extract.
  5. Add dry ingredients alternately with coconut milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.

Step 2: Bake

  1. Divide batter evenly between the two pans.
  2. Bake 25–30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  3. Let cakes cool in pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.

Step 3: Make the Seven-Minute Frosting

  1. In a heatproof bowl over simmering water, whisk sugar, water, egg whites, and cream of tartar.
  2. Beat with a hand mixer on high for 7 minutes until stiff, glossy peaks form.
  3. Remove from heat, beat in vanilla.

Step 4: Assemble

  1. Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread with frosting.
  2. Add second layer and frost top and sides generously.
  3. Press shredded coconut all over the cake for a snowy, fluffy look.

🏺 History

Coconut cake has deep Southern roots in American baking, especially in the Carolinas and Georgia. Traditionally served at Easter, weddings, and holidays, it symbolizes celebration and abundance. The seven-minute frosting is an old-fashioned American classic dating back to the late 19th century, loved for its cloud-like texture and shiny finish before buttercream became popular. Together, they form a nostalgic dessert passed down through generations.

🌟 Benefits

  • Coconut provides healthy fats, fiber, and minerals like manganese.
  • Egg whites in the frosting add protein while keeping it light.
  • Homemade baking teaches patience, creativity, and love for family traditions.
  • And the best benefit? It brings smiles and togetherness at the table. 🥰

🏗️ Formation

The cake is formed by alternating light sponge layers with the airy frosting, finished with a snowy blanket of coconut. Its white-on-white beauty makes it a showstopper centerpiece for any occasion.

🥰 Lovers of This Cake

  • Families during Sunday gatherings.
  • Children, who adore the fluffy frosting.
  • Grandparents, who find nostalgia in the old-fashioned recipe.
  • Anyone with a sweet tooth who dreams of a tropical escape.

🍽️ Nutrition (per slice, approx. 12 servings)

  • Calories: ~420
  • Fat: 20g
  • Carbohydrates: 55g
  • Protein: 5g
  • Fiber: 2g

(Nutrition may vary depending on ingredients used.)

🌺 Conclusion

This Coconut Cake with Seven-Minute Frosting isn’t just a dessert—it’s a memory in the making. Baked by loving hands, it carries with it joy, pride, and the promise of tradition. Your daughter has already mastered a timeless classic at just 14 years old, and that deserves endless applause. 👏💖

💌 To the young baker: Your coconut cake is as sweet, bright, and full of love as you are. Keep baking—you’re already making the world a more delicious place! 🌸✨

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