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    Coconut Lemon Layer Cake

    Published: Feb 5, 2016 · Last Modified: Mar 31, 2021 by Jessica · 28 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

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    The fluffiest coconut cake filled with homemade lemon curd, topped with tangy coconut cream cheese frosting and covered in toasted coconut.

    Coconut Lemon Layer Cake - Sprinkle Some Sugar

    With all of this cold, rainy, snowy nonsense - it was 60 degrees yesterday and now today it's snowing.. WHAT IS THIS WINTER?!?! - I've been craving the warm weather like no other. To make myself feel a little better, I made this coconut lemon layer cake when the snow storm hit NJ two weekends back and it was a total hit! I know, a weird thing to make during the snow BUT I did have a mug of hot cocoa along with it.

    Coconut Lemon Layer Cake - Sprinkle Some Sugar

    The coconut cake is so fluffy and the scent of coconut just fills up your entire home - it's heavenly! I love making homemade lemon curd but you can totally opt to use store-bought here. In my opinion, homemade is always better but to each his own!

    The tangy coconut cream cheese frosting is absolutely perfect with this cake. I was afraid that it wouldn't mesh well with coconut + lemon and would over-power the flavors of the cake but I was TOTALLY wrong! It's amazing. I originally was going to make plain cream cheese frosting but the addition of the coconut flavoring is perrrrrfect.

    Coconut Lemon Layer Cake - Sprinkle Some Sugar

    I normally make my usual carrot cake on Easter but I think this coconut lemon cake is going to make an appearance this year because it was too good to not share with the rest of the family!

    You can find the FULL recipe over at Dixie Crystals!

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    1. Travel Blogger says

      February 05, 2016 at 9:32 pm

      Oh my gosh! This looks so delicious! I really need to try to make this!

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      • Jessica says

        February 06, 2016 at 12:04 pm

        Thank you! Let me know if you try it out. 🙂

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    2. Andi @ The Weary Chef says

      February 06, 2016 at 2:21 pm

      Lemon and coconut sound perfect together! Love this cake! Looks awesome!

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      • Jessica says

        February 09, 2016 at 2:06 pm

        Thank you Andi!!

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    3. Shona says

      April 01, 2016 at 12:40 pm

      I love any cake made- from Scratch.
      Made this cake for Easter. I was only able to get one slice. The only thing left was the crumbs. Great recipe Jessica.

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      • Jessica says

        April 02, 2016 at 11:29 am

        That's so great to hear! Thanks so much, Shona! 🙂

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    4. Glenda says

      August 11, 2017 at 8:23 pm

      My lemon curd is still runny. If I place it in the fridge, will that help?

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    5. Erika says

      April 19, 2019 at 7:28 pm

      Question: I"m planning to make this cake for Easter, but I noticed that the recipe lists 1/2 C of sweetened shredded coconut in the ingredient list for the cake...but then the recipe never says when to add it. Do you actually stir it into the cake batter before you bake it? THANKS!

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      • Jessica says

        April 19, 2019 at 9:41 pm

        Yes!! I’m very sorry about that! I will get this changed ASAP. The coconut gets stirred into the cake. I hope you love it, Erika!

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