Daphne Oz's Coconut Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup flaked coconut, unsweetened
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1/2 water
• 2 tablespoons salted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• powdered sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine eggs, sugar and butter; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes.
• 3 combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl.
• 4 add flour mixture to batter alternately with buttermilk, in 3 parts; mix gently until just moistened.
• 5 stir in coconut and pecans.
• 6 pour batter into a pound cake mold (loaf shaped pan).
• 7 bake for 60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 8 for the glaze:.
• 9 five minutes before cake is finished baking make the glaze.
• 10 combine water, butter and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes.
• 11 slowly pour half the syrup over the cake (bottom), invert onto a serving plate and pour remaining syrup over the top.
• 12 dust with powdered sugar.
• 13 let stand for 10 minutes and eat warm!