adapted from Ready for Dessert by David Lebovitz
The Cake:
- 3 cups flour, sifted
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 2 egg yolks, room temperature
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup good-quality canned coconut milk
Preheat your oven to 350°. Butter a 10-cup bundt pan and dust it with flour, tapping out the excess. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Set aside.
In the bowl of your stand-mixer, beat together the butter and sugars, slowly increasing the speed to medium – allowing the batter to become light and fluffy (approximately 5 minutes).
In a small bowl, beat together the eggs, egg yolks and vanilla. Slowly drizzle the mixture into the creamed butter, scraping the sides as needed. Once the eggs are completely incorporated, gently stir-in one-third of the flour mixture, then about half of the coconut milk.
Mix in another third of the flour mixture, the rest of the coconut milk, and the remaining third of the flour; until just combined.
Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Bake about 55 minutes or until cake is set.
While the cake is baking, make the coconut rum syrup.
Coconut Rum Syrup
- 3/4 cup coconut milk – the rest of the can you used for the cake
- 6 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 cup dark rum – like Meyers
In a medium sauce-pan , warm the remainder of the coconut milk, and the sugar , stirring until the sugar dissolves. Remove the syrup from heat and add the dark rum. Mix well and set aside until the cake comes out of the oven.
When the cake comes out of the oven – while hot – poke about 60 holes in it with a skewer. Slowly spoon about 2/3 of the syrup over the cake, letting it soak in. Cool completely in the pan.
When cool, invert onto a cake plate and brush with the remaining coconut syrup and then cover with the coconut glaze.
Coconut Glaze
- 4 tbsp butter, cut into pieces
- 6 tbsp heavy cream
- 6 tbsp brown sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp dark rum
- 1/2 cup sweetened coconut, toasted
Toast the coconut flakes either in the oven or in a small skillet on the stove.
Combine the butter, cream, salt and sugar together in a small saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Stir the mixture to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat, whisk in the rum and toasted coconut.
Spoon the glaze over the top of the cake, letting it run down the sides.
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