Key Lime Coconut Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon grated key lime zest
• 2 large eggs
• 1 3/4 cups self-rising flour
• 3/4 cup whole milk
• 1/4 cup fresh key lime juice, divided
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon rum (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f with rack in middle. generously butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan and line bottom with a round of parchment paper.
• 2 toast coconut in a small baking pan in oven, stirring once or twice, until golden, 8 to 12 minutes. cool. leave oven on.
• 3 beat together butter, granulated sugar, and zest with an electric mixer until fluffy. beat in eggs 1 at a time. stir together flour and 1/2 cup coconut (reserve remainder for topping). stir together milk and 2 tbsp lime juice. at low speed, mix flour and milk mixtures into egg mixture alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour.
• 4 spoon batter into pan and smooth top. bake until golden and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. cool to warm, then turn out of pan and discard parchment.
• 5 whisk together confectioners sugar, remaining 2 tbsp lime juice, and rum (if using) and pour over cake. sprinkle with remaining coconut.