Coconut Cream Cake

I am definitely of two minds when it comes to baking "lite" desserts. While I am all for dessert it better be worth it. Plus, I fear that if a dessert is "lite" I just might think I can over indulge. With all that in mind, I took on the task of "cleaning up" the Coconut Cream Cake posted by PartySugar. I must say the cake tasted great. My husband loved it. I served it to guests and they too were complimentary (or maybe just being polite - who knows!!!)

While my cake did not quite look like the cake pictured (I just made a two layer cake), the frosting was lumpier since it contained pecan pieces, it didn't photograph well. I need to work on my food styling skills.

I hope you try the recipe and if you do I would love to hear about your results. To see the recipe just read more

The last few cakes I've made have been totally heavy on chocolate, peanut butter, and ganache. Therefore I'm totally in the mood to make a light, fluffy, creamy white cake - with coconut! It's a little early for piña colada, but in a cake it's perfect for the middle of May. The flavor of coconut always makes me think of summer and I can't refuse a smooth cream cheese frosting (it's my favorite kind of frosting). If you don't like pecans, simply omit them from both the cake and the icing. If you're in the mood for coconut cake - like I am - then please, read more