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A bundt cake covered with coconut with a slice on a plate next to it on a marble surface with a red background.

White Chocolate Coconut Bundt Cake

Soo Kim
This Bundt cake—inspired by the infamous treat Tom Cruise gifts to his celeb pals—is fit for any gathering, from a casual brunch to a holiday meal to a birthday party.
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter softened
  • 1½ tsp all-purpose flour

Cake

  • 1 cup unsweetened medium coconut
  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1¾ cups granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1½ tsp vanilla
  • ¾ tsp coconut extract
  • ¾ cup chopped white chocolate melted
  • 2¾ cups all-purpose flour spooned and levelled
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¾ tsp kosher salt
  • ¾ cup coconut milk

Cream Cheese Buttercream

  • ½ cup cool unsalted butter softened
  • ½ cup cream cheese softened
  • 1¾ cups icing sugar sifted
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp coconut extract
  • 1½ cups sweetened shredded coconut

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325°F. Blend butter with flour to form paste; brush all over inside of 10-cup Bundt pan.
  • Toast unsweetened coconut in oven until golden, 3 to 4 minutes; set aside.
  • Using stand mixer on medium, beat butter with sugar until light and creamy, 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in eggs 1 at a time; beat in egg whites, then vanilla and coconut extract. Beat in melted chocolate.
  • In separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir into butter mixture alternately with coconut milk, making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 of coconut milk. Fold in toasted coconut.
  • Scrape into prepared pan, smoothing top. Bake until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Let cool in pan on a rack for 20 minutes. Invert onto rack; remove pan and let cool completely. Transfer cake to cake plate.
  • Using stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat butter and cream cheese on medium until light, about 2 minutes. Scrape bottom and side. With mixer on low, gradually add icing sugar ½ cup at a time. Beat in salt and coconut extract on medium until very light and almost doubled in volume, about 3 minutes.
  • Spread on cooled cake and cover with sweetened coconut.
Keyword Bundt cake, coconut, cream cheese icing, elegant holiday dessert, Holiday Recipes, holiday treats, white chocolate