Once upon a time (meaning this past Friday), I made a Louisiana crunch cake with the most deliciously sweet and tangy icing. After I poured the frosting all over my face freshly baked Louisiana crunch cake, I took deep breathes as the frosting slowly trickled down the sides of the hot cake. Obvi, I licked the remaining frosting clean out of the bowl. Sheesh. We don’t waste in this house. Especially not deliciously sweet icing! Sweet and tangy icing with a crunch coconut layer on a yellow vanilla cake. Be still my beating heart. Guess what? This cake happened all weekend long, that’s what. In thick slices that were coated with a generous drizzle, er dollop, er coating? of that glaze-frosting we all l-o-v-e. Louisiana crunch cake for breakfast (with coffee), lunch (with more crunch cake + coffee), and dinner (with milk, more Louisiana crunch cake, and being comfy cozy lying on the couch binge watching Orange is the New Black). How does that not sound perfect? I. Dont. Know. Just a few tips about this recipe. First, please do not over mix this cake. It requires a gentle mix once you start adding the cake flour/baking soda/baking powder into the creamed butter/sugar mixture. Also, be sure to not over bake this cake. You want to test the cake from 40 minutes onwards. Mine took exactly 47 minutes but it can take up to an hour depending on whether you use an angel food cake pan or a bundt cake pan. And lastly, don’t try to take the cake out of the pan right away. With this being such a moist cake, the outcome with be a pure explosion of crumbly (but delicious) cake all over your kitchen counter. Let the cake sit for at least 20 minutes. It should start pulling away from the pan at the point. Using a butter knife, loosen the edges and allow cake to cool for an additional 10 minutes. Prepare the icing in the meantime because you’ll want to plate the cake and drizzle the icing over the sugar and coconut dusted side immediately. This Lousiana crunch cake is perfect to serve at 4th of July barbecues or picnics. It’s also perfect along with a good cup of coffee everyday of the week! 😉
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