After you watch Ina Garten make her coconut cake on the food network about five times, you finally decide its time to print out that recipe. But, you’ve also just discovered the show Everyday Baking and they’ve made a tasty looking coconut cake too. What to do? Try them both!
Ina’s cake came out moist and dense with a very slight coconut flavor if any at all. It was still tasty, but was more like vanilla cake. The coconut flavor only comes through the garnish on top. Next time I'll follow the reviewer's suggestions and replace the milk for coconut milk. The frosting is a cream cheese buttercream which is to die for. 
Everyday baking’s coconut cake is a vanilla cake as well (no coconut in the batter at all) and comes out less rich than Ina’s but a little sweeter and definitely lighter. It was more crumbly (airy), but I’d still call it a dense cake. This recipe uses a lemon curd filling which I absolutely love. Both frostings were delicious, so it really just depends on your mood. Seven-minute frosting doesn’t have ANY flavor (try adding vanilla extract) but a wonderful, smooth texture. It’s much lighter and less sweeter than Ina’s cream cheese buttercream. 
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