Hey everyone,
I'm back after a long labor day weekend. I got a chance to serve my banana cake and my tres leches coconut cake. I was worried about them surviving hurricane Irene. I put them in the freezer and took them out 2 days before i needed to serve them. I was very surprised because I put a layer of butter cream frosting (Ree Drummonds recipe) in between the two layers before I froze it. i waited until i defrosted it before i put the cream cheese frosting on the outside. When we cut into it you couldn't tell there were two layers because the frosting in between disappeared into the cake. everyone seemed to really like the tres leches coconut cake. I felt it was very sweet. I lked the banana cake better. The cake was not too sweet, and I'm a sucker for cream cheese frosting big time. I mean, i could just eat it right out of the bowl lol.
Everyone raved about the coconut tres leches cake. I cannot take all of the credit for a cake that starts out with a box mix. I normally don't serve box mix cakes It went over very well. I got a chance to take a piece of both to my mom and she liked them both. I think she definitely liked the banana cake more. I will post the recipe I used. since it's super easy, its perfect for those that are not into baking a scratch cake.
Coconut Tres Leches cake
Any make ahead yellow cake mix
Milk syrup
1 can (15 ounces) cream of coconut
1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
combine all of the ingredients over a medium heat and warm through. Reserve one cup of this syrup and put it on the side.
Go ahead and make your cake following the directions on the box and let it cool completely. Take a skewer or a fork and poke holes all over the cake. Don't be shy. The more holes the more the syrup will get soaked up through out the cake. Take your milk syrup and start spooning it over the cake. Don't worry if it looks like the syrup is not being absorbed, it will as the cake sits in the refrigerator. Ideally you should let the cake soak overnight. when you're done spooning all of the syrup over the cake take the reserved cup of syrup and heat it up on the stove. Put 20 unwrapped caramels in the syrup and melt them together over a low to medium heat. When all of the caramels are melted spoon this new mixture over your cake as well.
You can garnish your cake a few different ways. I just sprinkled sweetened coconut flakes over the cake and served it like that. If you really want to go over the top you can put sliced bananas over the top right before you're about to serve it with a slightly sweetened whipped cream. again this is a very dense sweet cake if dont make your whipped cream too sweet.
I swear, no one will know this starts out with a box mix, and everyone will think you are wonderful :)
Ok honey bees and bears...gotta get my day started here,
Bye for now
I'm back after a long labor day weekend. I got a chance to serve my banana cake and my tres leches coconut cake. I was worried about them surviving hurricane Irene. I put them in the freezer and took them out 2 days before i needed to serve them. I was very surprised because I put a layer of butter cream frosting (Ree Drummonds recipe) in between the two layers before I froze it. i waited until i defrosted it before i put the cream cheese frosting on the outside. When we cut into it you couldn't tell there were two layers because the frosting in between disappeared into the cake. everyone seemed to really like the tres leches coconut cake. I felt it was very sweet. I lked the banana cake better. The cake was not too sweet, and I'm a sucker for cream cheese frosting big time. I mean, i could just eat it right out of the bowl lol.
Everyone raved about the coconut tres leches cake. I cannot take all of the credit for a cake that starts out with a box mix. I normally don't serve box mix cakes It went over very well. I got a chance to take a piece of both to my mom and she liked them both. I think she definitely liked the banana cake more. I will post the recipe I used. since it's super easy, its perfect for those that are not into baking a scratch cake.
Coconut Tres Leches cake
Any make ahead yellow cake mix
Milk syrup
1 can (15 ounces) cream of coconut
1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
combine all of the ingredients over a medium heat and warm through. Reserve one cup of this syrup and put it on the side.
Go ahead and make your cake following the directions on the box and let it cool completely. Take a skewer or a fork and poke holes all over the cake. Don't be shy. The more holes the more the syrup will get soaked up through out the cake. Take your milk syrup and start spooning it over the cake. Don't worry if it looks like the syrup is not being absorbed, it will as the cake sits in the refrigerator. Ideally you should let the cake soak overnight. when you're done spooning all of the syrup over the cake take the reserved cup of syrup and heat it up on the stove. Put 20 unwrapped caramels in the syrup and melt them together over a low to medium heat. When all of the caramels are melted spoon this new mixture over your cake as well.
You can garnish your cake a few different ways. I just sprinkled sweetened coconut flakes over the cake and served it like that. If you really want to go over the top you can put sliced bananas over the top right before you're about to serve it with a slightly sweetened whipped cream. again this is a very dense sweet cake if dont make your whipped cream too sweet.
I swear, no one will know this starts out with a box mix, and everyone will think you are wonderful :)
Ok honey bees and bears...gotta get my day started here,
Bye for now
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