This is a copycat Tom Cruise cake, aka the white chocolate coconut Bundt cake that Tom Cruise sends every Christmas to a select list of friends — it is definitely worth jumping on a couch for in my opinion!
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour, plus more for flouring the pan: 3 cups
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- baking powder: 0.5 tsp
- white sugar: 3 cups
- unsalted butter: 1 cup (softened)
- eggs, at room temperature: 6 piece
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- coconut extract: 1 tsp
- sour cream: 1 cup
- sweetened flaked coconut: 2 cups
- white chocolate chips: 1 cup
- ounces cream cheese, at room temperature: 4 piece
- unsalted butter: 0.25 cup (softened)
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.125 tsp
- powdered sugar: 2 cups
- heavy cream: 2 Tbsp
- ½ cups sweetened flaked coconut: 1 piece
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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To make the coconut cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Combine flour, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl; set aside. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in whole eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla extracts, coconut extract, and sour cream: beat until combined. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Add flour mixture and mix until just combined; fold in flaked coconut and white chocolate chips. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Pour batter into the prepared pan and use the back of a spoon to spread batter evenly. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 25 minutes. Allow cake to cool in the pan for 20 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely, about 2 hours more. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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To make the frosting: Add cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and salt to a medium bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar and slowly mix until incorporated. Add cream and beat until light and fluffy, about 1 or 2 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Frost the top and sides of the cake; lightly press coconut evenly around the outside. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
