Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, coquito cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Coquito cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Coquito cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Transform coquito - the festive, creamy coconut drink from Puerto Rico - into a luscious layer cake! Top with shredded coconut for a Coquito Cake that's perfect for the holidays - or any special occasion! This sheet cake tastes just like coquito!
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have coquito cake using 17 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Coquito cake:
- Prepare cake
- Take 2 cup granulated sugar
- Get 1 cup butter or 2 sticks of butter
- Take 4 eggs (yokes and whites separated)
- Make ready 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- Take 2 cup self rising flour
- Make ready 1 cup milk
- Make ready 3/4 cup brandy
- Prepare Coquito
- Take 3 cup Coquito (find recipe in my profile)
- Take frosting
- Prepare 1 pints heavy whipping cream
- Prepare 1/4 cup powdered sugar (more or less depending on how sweet you like your frosting)
- Get 1 tsp coconut extract
- Get garnish
- Take 1 sprinkle of sweetened shredded coconut
- Prepare 1 sprinkle of cinnamon
This thick and creamy Coquito recipe is a Puerto Rican tradition that is loaded with coconut, rum and cinnamon for an extra thick and creamy coconut eggnog! Family recipes for coquito are fiercely guarded but we want to share ours with you. Like many versions of coquito, our recipe involves several cans of dairy and coconut products. Coquito is like eggnog, but better.
Instructions to make Coquito cake:
- Preheat oven to to 350° and butter or spray your molds. I use baking spray.
- In a bowl beat egg whites until stiff and set aside
- In another mixing bowl, beat butter sugar, yokes, brandy and vanilla extract until well blended
- Slowly add the flour and milk, alternate little by little while beating
- Once blended, fold egg whites into batter. Very important DO NOT beat or mix the egg whites in. Gently fold them in until blended.
- Put mixture into cake mold and gently pick up and drop the mold on the counter to get excess air out
- Bake for about 25-30 minutes depending on your molds. DO NOT open oven door until about 20 minutes.
- Let cool off until warm enough that you can touch it, but not cold. With a skewer poke holes throughout the cakes
- Slowly pour your coquito over the cake. Make sure to use all three cups. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes
- While your cake is cooling and absorbing the coquito, make your frosting.
- Combine whipping cream, coconut extract and powdered sugar in a bowl and whip until stiff
- Frost the cake and sprinkle shredded coconut and cinnamon on top
- Enjoy
Served predominately in Puerto Rico, where it originated, it is a rich, milky rum drink sweetened with curls of coconut cream, not to mention both evaporated milk and. Learn how to make Coquito (traditional Puerto Rican Eggnog) and take your Christmas or other holidays to another level. Learn how to make the best Coquito Rum Cocktail. Place "Ultimate Coquito" mix in bottles and cool in refrigerator. Coquito is not something new to me.
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