DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
coconut cake
Also known as: Cake, coconut, homemade
Jocelyn Delk Adams presents this coconut layer cake as a vintage Southern favourite.
About coconut cake
Jocelyn Delk Adams presents this coconut layer cake as a vintage Southern favourite. Three soft cake layers and a fluffy, meringue-style frosting carry sweetened coconut throughout the cake’s presentation.
Butter, milk and vanilla give the cake its rich, gentle flavour. Flaked coconut adds sweetness and texture, while the egg-white frosting has a lighter character than the buttery cake beneath it.
A generous covering of coconut surrounds the stacked layers. Slices reveal alternating cake and frosting, with coconut scattered across the top and sides.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Egg, Wheat.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in coconut cake
Jocelyn Delk Adams’s Southern coconut layer cake with meringue frosting.
- Unsalted butterCooking medium · Cake layers
- Granulated sugarSweetener · Cake layers
- EggsBinder · Cake layers
- Cake flourBase · Cake layers
- Baking powderSeasoning · Cake layers
- SaltSeasoning · Cake layers
- Whole milkLiquid · Cake layers
- Sweetened flaked coconutBase · Cake layers
- Vanilla extractSeasoning · Cake layers
- Granulated sugarSweetener · Meringue frosting
- Light corn syrupSweetener · Meringue frosting
- WaterLiquid · Meringue frosting
- Egg whitesBinder · Meringue frosting
- Vanilla extractSeasoning · Meringue frosting
- Sweetened flaked coconutTopping · Meringue frosting
- Pan greaseCooking medium · Pan preparationIngredient page not linked
- Flour for pansBase · Pan preparationIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual94, dairy butter confirms Milk.
- Granulated sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual99.
- Eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual103 separated into yolks161 and beaten whites164, both in cake.
- Cake flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual108 standard cake flour confirms Wheat.
- Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual113.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual117, unsalted-butter branch.
- Whole milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual18/121 dairy whole-milk option selected over coconut milk.
- Sweetened flaked coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual125 sweetened flakes; broader coconut candidate, complete prepared product formula unknown.
- Vanilla extract: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual129.
- Granulated sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual134 syrup.
- Light corn syrup: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual138.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual142 boiling water.
- Egg whites: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual146.
- Vanilla extract: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual150.
- Sweetened flaked coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual154/173–176 required garnish, broader coconut mapping.
- Pan grease: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method159 unnamed grease; product formula genuinely unknown.
- Flour for pans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method159 generic dusting flour, cereal unprovided; not silently identified as cake flour.
Origins & food traditions
United States association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- United States
- Saint LuciaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Southern American Cuisine
- Saint Lucian Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review