Coconut Cake with 7-Minute Frosting

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I've wanted to make this for a long time - ever since I watched that episode. It is daunting and not for the weak to attempt this recipe, but the result is so worth it. I will make this again.

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WOW! Loved it, definitely helped to watch the show while I was doing it. Took it to work for a birthday party & everyone raved

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I used coconut sugar (palm sugar it's dry and less sweet, I think next time I try this recipe I will do half palm sugar and half raw honey and see how that turns out. For the commentors who said this recipe was too sweet, I definitly recommend giving this a try : Since I didn't follow the recipe I don't want to rate it but i guess I have to...

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I have made is recipe many times. This is one of my hubby's all time favorites. It is very sweet, but very good. It is very time consuming, but if you break it up into a few days, it makes it much easier and more enjoyable to make. If you are new to baking, this may not be the cake to start out with. If you are a seasoned baker, this cake is no sweat and very well worth the work!

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After reading numerous reviews on the cake not rising enough, I added one egg white. I took care with each step of the recipe. I did not overwork the gluten in the batter, and gingerly folded in the egg whites (in two batches.
The cakes were perfect in every way EXCEPT (even with the extra egg white they did not rise as high as the MANY cakes I have baked from scratch. The frosting, extract, coconut milk/cream, were good, but reviewers are not kidding when they say the frosting is cloyingly sweet. It performed as promised but is like a very sweet marshmallow fluff.
Since I am not from the South, perhaps I cannot truly appreciate this cake so I will chalk this up to my expectations being out of whack. I expected a lighter cake and got a dense moist cake. I will use the great tips on working with fresh coconut to tweak my recipes to create a coconut cake that is more in line with what I had hoped for. I will not be making this specific cake again. But I still love Alton.

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Love Alton, but this cake is not my favorite! It is extremely extremely sweet and absolutely not easy to bake.

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This cake tastes amazing! It is well worth the effort! I will say it does take some skill to make it!

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After reading everyone's reviews, I was quite disappointed with this cake. I had to make a different icing because when I attempted the 7-minute frosting, it never got thick enough to put on the cake. It was very runny. The layers were OK but I have had much better. Very disappointed with result.

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Best coconut cake ever! I took this cake to the office and everyone raved about it. There wasn't a crumb left. I did not use fresh coconut but instead used canned coconut milk, coconut water, coconut cream, and coconut extract. And instead of spritzing the cake with coconut water, I used coconut milk. The cake was very moist although it did have a very dense texture as other reviewers noted. I cooked my cake exactly 40 minutes, which was just right. The outside of the cake formed a hard crust that was wonderfully crunchy. The icing was superb, too. It was glossy, shiny, just the right density and was the perfect complement to the cake. This is going to be my go-to cake recipe for special occasions.

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I've made this recipe a couple of times and I have the same results each time~~total happiness all around. I takes a while if you are doing this from scratch but it is unbelievably worth it!