Coconut Pound Cake

Ingredients

Instructions

Created on August 10th, 2011

1. Grease and flour a tube or bundt pan.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

3. Cream butter and 2 cups of sugar for 7 minutes.

4. Add 1 cup flour and mix well.

5. Add eggs one at a time.

6. Add coconut with remaining 1 cup of flour.

7. Mix well.

8. Add vanilla.

9. Spoon batter into pan; smooth the top and tap the pan on the counter to get out any air pockets.

10. Bake in the bottom third of the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

11. For Glaze: Simmer remaining 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, and coconut flavoring for 10 minutes in a small saucepan.

12. When cake is finished baking, remove cake from pan.

13. Using a fork, pierce top of cake and drizzle glaze over entire cake.

14. Let cool completely before serving.

15. Garnish with whipped cream and strawberries if desired. Enjoy!