Coconut Bundt Cake with Key Lime Glaze

Coconut bundt cake with key lime glaze is the perfect dessert to welcome in the summer!

Hello there, Friends! I couldn’t hold out any longer! I have to post the coconut bundt cake recipe that I shared over at my friend Carrie’s place last week. I’m really excited about how well the cake turned out. It’s so sunny and tropical that I found myself doing a little reggae dance in the kitchen after I took the first bite. True story.

The development process to make coconut bundt cake is simple. It came about after Twittering with Jeanne about her current coconut obsession. Since I’ve been on a citrus kick, and coconut and lime are totally BFFs, the two flavors naturally came together as one in this Bundt cake.  Sounds exotic, I know, but it’s really just an adaptation of my (Starbucks-knock-off) Iced Lemon Pound Cake. 

Only with less lemon.

And more coconut.

And a little lime.

You get the idea…

Coconut Bundt Cake with Key Lime Glaze, fresh out of the oven!

A cake so snappy that you’ll want to kick up your heels and start a Conga-line right there in the kitchen.

Believe me when I tell you that everyone needs a piece of cake that makes you break into a random dance!

So what are you waiting for? Grab your maracas and some:

buttermilk, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, eggs, white baking chocolate (not morsels or chips,) baking powder, salt, vanilla extract, coconut extract, and unsalted butter.

First, unwrap the white chocolate squares and place them in a microwave safe bowl. Heat on full power in 30 second increments, stirring between each, until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Let the melted white chocolate cool a bit while assembling the rest of the batter.

Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy.

Mix in the eggs, one at a time, until blended.  Adding the eggs one at a time helps to better incorporate them into the batter and get the protein binders bonding together more efficiently; besides if you add the eggs all at once, you’ll end up with egg slopping out of the sides of the mixing bowl. Not only is that a huge mess, but the eggs won’t be able to do their thing as well as they are able to when they’re added individually.

After the eggs are incorporated, pour the vanilla and coconut extracts into the work bowl. A touch of vanilla smooths out the overall flavor, which in turn gives the coconut room to pack a punch.

Alternately add 1/3 of the flour and then 1/3 of the buttermilk, mixing well between each addition. Continue this until all of the flour and buttermilk is worked into the batter.

Then pour in the (mostly) cooled melted white chocolate.  Mix the white chocolate into the batter on low speed until it is evenly distributed.

White chocolate may seem like an odd addition to a coconut bundt cake, but it really adds a depth of richness to the whole affair.

Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan and bake at 350° F for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean.  Remove the cake from the oven and set it onto a wire rack.

Now what I am about to share with you is my super-secret method for getting a Bundt cake out of the pan, which before now has never been documented in print. This is big, Friends! You may want to take a few notes…

Okay, none of that is quite true. The method is not a super-secret, nor am I the one who came up with it. BUT, this method does get my Bundt cakes completely out of the pan without leaving pieces of cake stuck inside about 98% of the time. The other 2% of the time? That’s when I get impatient and fail to follow my own rules. So here goes…

Once you take the cake out of the oven and set it onto a wire rack, let it cool completely in the Bundt pan before attempting to remove it. I’m talking a cool to the touch pan. Not slightly warm. Not almost cool but still kind of tepid. Cool. Like you could pick-it-up-and-hold-it-in-your-bare-hands-all-day-long kind of cool. When in doubt? Let it sit for a while longer. Seriously.

I know it sounds weird because every cake recipe since the Dawn of Baking Time tells you to cool a cake for 10 minutes in the pan, and then turn the cake onto the rack to cool completely. I know!

Bundt cakes don’t work that way. Provided that the pan is properly prepared before adding the batter, the cake should pull away from the sides of the pan as it cools, thus making it easier to release the cake while turning out onto a serving plate. That said, I always run a thin knife around the edges and say a quick prayer before beginning the inversion process, just in case. 😉

While the coconut bundt cake is cooling, prepare the topping with sweetened coconut, powdered sugar, and fresh lime juice.

Zest and juice the lime. Set the zest aside, and use the juice for the glaze.

Stir a couple of tablespoons of the fresh lime juice into the powdered sugar with a fork, until the icing is smooth. For this application, I like my glaze on the thinner side so that it runs down the sides of the cake. If you like your glaze a bit thicker, just add a little less lime juice.

Toss the coconut into a small skillet set over medium heat, stirring continuously until it nicely toasted.

Stir quickly because the entire process takes about 5 seconds. Sweetened coconut can go from toasting to burnt in about 7 seconds. No pressure. 😉

Once the coconut is toasted, immediately turn it onto a plate to cool.

Once the coconut bundt cake is completely cool, carefully invert it onto a serving plate and spoon the glaze over top.

Is it just me, or do you get excited when you see glaze so luscious that it dribbles off the sides of the serving plate? I don’t care who you are–that’s some seriously good stuff right there.

Sprinkle on the lime zest and toasted coconut immediately so that it has a chance to stick to the glaze before it sets.

Once set, slice the cake and be prepared to be transported to the tropical bliss that is the Coconut Bundt Cake with Key Lime Glaze.

Thanks again for having me, Carrie! Here’s my recipe:

Kirsten Kubert

Yields 12 servings

Coconut Bundt Cake with Key Lime Glaze

Coconut bundt cake with key lime glaze is the perfect dessert to welcome in summer!

25 minPrep Time

50 minCook Time

1 hr, 15 Total Time

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Ingredients

For the Cake
• 1 C. unsalted butter, softened
• 1 ½ C. granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3 tsp. coconut extract
• 2 ½ C. plus 2 Tbs. all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 1/3 C. buttermilk
• 6 oz. white baking chocolate or good quality white chocolate, melted (Do not white chocolate morsels or any other white chocolate containing wax.)
For the Icing
• 1 C. powdered sugar
• 2 Tbs. freshly squeezed key lime juice
For Garnish
• 1 Tbs. Fresh lime zest
• ¼ C. toasted coconut

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease and flour one 10-inch Bundt pan very well.
2. In a small bowl, melt the white chocolate in 30 second increments in the microwave on full power, stirring in between bursts, until melted and smooth. Set aside to cool slightly.
3. In a medium size bowl, whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt to combine; set aside.
4. Cream the butter together with sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
5. Stir the eggs into the creamed mixture, one at a time, until combined.
6. Stir in the vanilla and coconut extracts to incorporate.
7. Gradually mix in the flour mixture into the creamed mixture, alternating with the buttermilk, in 3 separate additions of each, beating well after each addition.
8. Stir the melted white chocolate into the batter until thoroughly combined.
9. Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pans.
10. Bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
11. Cool cake completely in the pan. Once cool, gently run a knife around the edges before inverting onto a serving plate.
12. Once cake is cool, prepare the icing by stirring the lime juice into the powdered sugar with a fork until smooth.
13. Zest the limes.
14. Lightly toast the coconut in a small skillet over medium heat until golden brown; stirring frequently. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
15. Pour icing over the top of the cake, spreading with a knife until the icing drizzles over the sides.  Sprinkle the icing with the toasted coconut and lime zest before it sets.
16.  Leftover cake should be stored tightly wrapped at room temperature for up to 3 days.

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