Cake

Recipe: Ina Garten’s Coconut Cake

Who’s Ina? No idea.

When my coworker Sara was quoting someone for insurance they were kind enough to include their favorite cake recipe in an email to her. Naturally she shared it with our team and I immediately asked to test and showcase it in the work newsletter.

The document had been clearly scanned a few times before being digitized and the order of the ingredients was a little off but I was able to figure things out.

The recipe as it was sent:

My Adjustments:

For testing, I halved the recipe to make 2-6” round cakes as opposed to the 9” rounds the original makes.

With the smaller batch the bake time was 35 minutes at 350 degrees.

The final product:

Overall I am happy with this recipe, the coconut flavor was prominent but not overwhelming and the cake despite the heavy amount of eggs involved was light and fluffy. This can easily be a staple in any coconut loving’s person’s recipe book.

Drip Cake Fail

Even after a decade sometimes things don’t turn out the way you want them to. This drip cake was a perfect example.

The first attempt

The first attempt

I did this drip cake for a wedding, thankfully did it the night before so this awful thick blue drip that looked like something out of a children’s TV station vomited up could haunt my dreams.

I got up at 5AM and scraped everything off and started over. The second attempt outcome with significantly more elegant and deserving to be at my bride’s wedding.

Second attempt

Second attempt