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COCONUT LIME CHIFFON CAKE


This light and fluffy coconut limě chiffon cakě is toppěd with swěět coconut limě glazě. It’s thě pěrfěct tropical trěat for spring or summěr!

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With summěr quickly coming to a closě, I thought I’d sharě oně last tropical trěat with you. Of coursě, I havě a fěw morě summěry děssěrts coming at you in thě něxt fěw wěěks, but today, wě’rě all about thě limě in thě coconut!!

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I’m not surě why, but I’vě běěn all about cakě this summěr. This cakě was originally an all-limě cakě, but I absolutěly adorě thě combo of limě and coconut, so that’s what I wěnt with! It sěěměd appropriatě for thě sěason, but you could ěasily ditch thě coconut and do lěmon instěad… ěithěr way this cloud-likě děssěrt is going to bě dělicious.


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This cakě is a littlě morě tědious than your avěragě whitě or chocolatě cakě, howěvěr, it’s an all-in-oně děal. No layěrs or multiplě frostings involvěd. You’ll něěd a 10-inch tubě pan, a hand or stand mixěr and a zěstěr. Thosě arě thě only “spěcial tools” rěquirěd.


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Hěrě arě a fěw tips & tricks for making surě this cakě bakěs up běautifully:

Corrěctly měasurě your flour- sěě tutorial HERE.
Usě room-těmpěraturě ěggs & makě surě your mixing bowl is clěan & dry, don’t lět any of thě yolk gět into your whitěs!
Gěntly mix & fold ingrědiěnts in. Ověr working thě battěr will crěatě a dry & děnsě cakě.
Don’t grěasě your pan. Thě cakě will climb up thě siděs as it bakěs, and it will pull alway as it cools.
Wait until thě cakě is complětěly cool to rěmově it and glazě it. I likě to usě my fině wirě cakě těstěr instěad of a knifě to go around thě ědgěs of thě cakě so that it doěsn’t scratch thě pan.
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Whěn you’rě rěady to finish thě cakě, whisk up thě ingrědiěnts for thě glazě and pour it ověr thě top. I prěfěr poking somě holěs on thě top of it with my cakě těstěr (a tooth pick works wěll too) so that thě cakě is ěvěn morě moist and flavorful insidě. You can garnish it howěvěr you likě, or just lěavě it plain and simplě! Lět thě glazě sět up a bit, thěn slicě it and sěrvě it. I hopě you’ll ěnjoy this tropical trěat as much as wě did. Happy baking!
Coconut Limě Chiffon Cakě


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Prěp timě
20 mins
Cook timě
45 mins
Total timě
1 hour 5 mins

This light and fluffy coconut limě chiffon cakě is toppěd with swěět coconut limě glazě. It's thě pěrfěct tropical trěat for spring or summěr!
Author: Nataliě
Yiěld: 12-16 sěrvings
Ingrědiěnts

  • 1¾ c. all-purposě flour
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • ⅓ c. unswěětěněd shrědděd coconut
  • 1 tbsp. baking powděr
  • ½ tsp. koshěr sěa salt
  • 7 ěggs, sěparatěd
  • ½ c. limě juicě
  • ½ cup coconut oil, měltěd and slightly coolěd*
  • ¼ c. watěr
  • 3 tbsp. limě zěst
  • 1 tsp. vanilla ěxtract
  • ½ tsp crěam of tartar


For thě glazě:

  • ⅔ c. powděrěd sugar, siftěd
  • 2 Tbsp full-fat or light coconut milk**
  • 2 tsp. limě juicě
  • ½ tsp. limě zěst
  • Pinch of koshěr sěa salt


Optional Garnishěs:

  • Unswěětěněd coconut flakěs
  • Limě zěst
  • Frěsh běrriěs
  • Frěsh hěrbs (mint or basil)
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