I forced myself to make bake less this month. Sometimes you just have to say no for the sake of balance in your life. I had to decide between the coconut tea cake and the mocha-marbled bundt cake. It was hard. The coconut tea cake won.I'll admit, I was a bit worried because so many of the other TWD bakers ended up with what they called a dry and sub-par cake.
I'm happy to report that mine was anything but that. And I have to thank all of the other bakers because through them I discovered that my cake would most likely finish early...and it did a whopping 15 minutes early. I also decided that I would put a light glaze on it. Yum!
This cake was delicious. My husband (sorry for telling everyone this) loved it so much that I swear he has eaten like three-quarters of it. :) It was incredibly moist and had such a wonderful yet subtle coconut flavor. The coconut comes from the coconut milk and the toasted coconut inside. I also opted to toast even more coconut and put it on the top.
Instead of using making it plain or using one of Dorie's playing around suggestions, I just went ahead and added grapefruit juice and zest. I figured since she suggested lemons, limes and oranges that the grapefruit would be good too. I also made a grapefruit glaze on top.
I was able to use my brand new bundt pan I got for Christmas from my husband. It worked like a charm and I loved how golden and shiny the cake was!
I loved this cake and hope you'll give it a try.
Check out Carmen's blog, Carmen Cooks, for the recipe. Be sure to head on over to the other Tuesdays with Dorie bloggers, they've got some great variations going on like black sesame seeds, lemon, lime and spices.
Next week: Swedish Visiting Cake
21 comments:
grapefruit!! What a fantastic idea!! I made a coconut lemon version and absolutely adored it!! So glad your husband loved it so much!
I would have never thought to use grapefruit. What a pretty cake! I can see why your husband ate so much of it! :-)
Grapefruit sounds yummy. Love it! I went the lemon cupcake route and they turned out fine. Not my favorite recipe, but can't love them all!
Grapefruit - yum! :) Love your photos. Just gorgeous!
what a beauty! great flavor twist on this one.
Your cake is sooo beautiful! And grapefruit is an option I wouldn't have thought of myself. It sounds interesting. I'll have to try it sometime when I'm feeling bold!
What a great idea to combine grapefruit and coconut and it looks amazing too!!
did you bring some over last night?!?? i want some!
That looks AWESOME! I will definitely try this recipe. Thanks, Becky!
grapefruit, i think my mother would love this idea. i'll be making this again!! thanks for the inspiration!!
My cake turned out dry but your version makes me want to try again! Using grapefruit was a brilliant idea! Beautiful job.
YUM! The grapefruit sounds fabulous. That's quite the lovin' at your house for this cake!
This cake was delicious, I underbaked mine by 15 minutes. Love the grapefruit idea, I went with orange-ginger. It was so good. I'm dreaming about it as I make this comment.
lovely cake, and what a great idea to use grapefruit!
LOVE your pictures. Beautiful cake! And I bet the grapefruit was tasty. I used lemon, and it was pretty good.
I missed last week when everyone made this and keep reading about it, i must make it now! Looks marvelous!
Grapefruit is such a wonderful idea. I love grapefruit cakes. Your cake is gorgeous!
Very good cake. And I should know- I ate over half of it.
It looks beautiful, and what a great idea to use grapefruit!
Grapefruit sounds like a fantastic addition! I'm glad you loved this cake--I did too, and want to make it again because it seems like so long ago that I made it! I didn't make the other bundt either, but I think we made the right choice:)
Grapefruit is such a great idea! I bet it was delightful with the coconut!
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