Put the Lime in the Coconut Cake

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I've made this cake numerous times now!! My daughters love it and request it for their Birthday Cake. My elderly aunt and uncle now request it everytime they come to my house for their Birthday. What can I say- the entire 12 people at my home fight for big slices and take whatever's left home. It is an AMAZING flavorfull cake.. Thank you. Tip- I squeeze the decorative lime into my cake and it makes it even better.......

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I am a baker and this recipe did not work for me. The cake browned on top within the first 15 minutes while the rest of the cake was raw. It also took almost double the 35 minutes stated to bake. Not sure what I did wrong.

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Here's a tip for the glaze. Lay a LONG sheet of plastic wrap in the cake pan. Put a little of the glaze in the bottom, just a little. Lay the cake back in the pan. Poke holes. Pour on glaze, sparingly. Don't drown it! flip over the excess plastic wrap. Leave in fridge over night. Don't expect the glaze to harden. It's yogurt and lime juice. At best it will be like pudding. Most of it soaks in. Gently wipe off the excess from the top around the edges before you frost, otherwise the frosting tries to run off the cake.

This is my favorite cake of ALL time! I was never too fond of coconut before but the lime just takes it WAY over the top. And for the life of me, I can't figure out how this cake could be too dry. It has soaked up all that YUMMY glaze! If you vary from the recipe or overcook your cake, don't blame the cake. :

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This cake is now a family favorite, I have made it four times and each time it comes out great. The only thing that I changed was to toast the coconut for the top but I still put untoasted coconut on the sides.

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I love this cake! Have made it many times! LOVE

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I made this cake last Christmas for the first time, except I put lime curd in between the layers instead of the glaze and it was delicious but the cake itself was a little dry.....I also toasted the coconut that I put on the outside of the cake which made the flavor better.....I just like toasted coconut. The basic flavor of the cake was very good, but next time I will have to vary the recipe in order to moisten the cake a little....

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I was looking forward to making this cake after reading all the great reviews. The recipe did not specify whether to use sweetened or unsweetened coconut milk. I used unsweetened. With all the cocomut milk and extract I was expecting the cake to have a nice coconut flavor. It tasted like regular pound cake. The glaze did not have a strong lime taste so I had to add more juice. The glaze also took forever to harden, so I placed in the refrigerator for an hour. I also did not use the amount of powdered sugar called for and still found the frosting way to sweet.

I will probably make this once a year, and try sweetened coconut milk, and less sugar in the frosting.

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Wow I made this cake for my family and friends and they loved it. This cake recipe will be a regular at my house.

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I actually made this cake two years or so ago, but never forgot it and decided to finally post a review. Awesome. My father tasted it and gave me a huge KISS! He knew right away this was no boxed cake. He said it was awesome and I think so too. This was my first time baking a cake from scratch. I followed the recipe to the letter, except for the coconut oil (which I think is supposed to be coconut extract anyhow. I have since made my own variations to the recipe, but if you are a begginner like I was, this recipe will definitely make you shine. Excellent!

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I followed the directions exactly (Doreen posted in the early comments that it's supposed to read coconut extract and this was a HUGE HIT! I made it as a congratulations cake for my husband he didn't want to share!

The glaze is not overly sweet (I used nonfat Greek yogurt since that's what I had on hand and I liked the addition of shortening to the frosting. The cake is dense but tastes light and tangy. I would recommend letting the glaze sit as long as you can stand to get the full effect.

To glaze both sides, I used a long sheet of plastic wrap and covered the first side, put it facedown, glazed the second and then wrapped the whole cake. It worked very well.