Best 15 Coconut Rum Cake Recipes

PINEAPPLE-COCONUT CAKE WITH RUM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, eggs, and vanilla extract together with an electric mixer until well blended. Beat on high speed, scraping the bowl occasionally, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Sift flour and baking powder together in a separate small bowl. Combine milk and 1/3 cup rum in another bowl. Add liquids and flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately, blending well after each addition. Fold in pineapple and coconut gently. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cake begins to pull from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Remove from the oven, invert onto a plate, and cool for 10 minutes. Poke holes on the top of the cake using a wooden skewer.
• While cake cools, combine 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan for glaze. Bring to a boil over medium heat and continue to boil, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1/4 cup rum.
• Pour 1/2 of glaze in the bottom of the Bundt® pan, carefully reinvert the cake back into the pan on top of the glaze. Drizzle remaining glaze onto the bottom of the cake; let sit for 5 to 10 minutes to absorb glaze. Invert cake onto a cake platter.

CARIBBEAN COCONUT RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. In a small bowl, combine rum and milk. In a large bowl, whisk flour, pudding mix, cornstarch, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with rum mixture, beating well after each addition., Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan briefly to prevent sticking; replace in pan. Cool on wire rack., Meanwhile, for syrup, heat butter, water, sugar and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add rum and extract., Using a small skewer, poke holes in cake. Slowly pour syrup over cake until it's all absorbed. Cover; let stand overnight.

COCONUT RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray.
• Stir pecans and coconut together. Spread evenly in the prepared Bundt® pan.
• Combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, rum, coconut milk, coconut oil, and coconut extract in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes, or until well incorporated, about 3 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Set on a wire rack until completely cooled, about 30 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges of pan to loosen cake. Invert carefully onto a serving plate.
• While cake is cooling make glaze. Combine butter, rum, sugar, brown sugar and water in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.
• Using a skewer, poke holes throughout cake. Carefully spoon glaze over cake.

COCONUT-RUM CAKE POPS

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions. Cool completely on a wire rack., In a large bowl, mix frosting, coconut and extracts. Tear cake into pieces. In batches, pulse cake in a food processor until crumbs form. Stir crumbs into frosting mixture. Shape into 1-in. balls; place on baking sheets. Insert sticks. Freeze at least 2 hours or refrigerate at least 3 hours until firm., Dip cake pops in melted candy coating, allowing excess to drip off. Roll in toasted coconut. Insert cake pops in a Styrofoam block; let stand until set.

COCONUT RUM-RAISIN BUNDT CAKE WITH RUM-CARAMEL GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 12-cup Bundt pan; dust with flour, tapping out excess. Soak raisins in 1/2 cup rum.
• Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside. Put butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; cream on medium speed until smooth. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla. On low speed, mix in flour mixture in three additions, alternating with two additions of 6 tablespoons cream each (12 total). Mix in raisin mixture and coconut. Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top.
• Bake, rotating about halfway through, until a cake tester comes out clean, about 1 hour 55 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 20 minutes. Run a thin knife around sides of cake; unmold. Let cool.
• Heat granulated sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat, gently stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved and syrup is clear. Cook, without stirring, until syrup comes to a boil, washing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystals from forming. Let boil, gently swirling, until medium amber. Remove from heat. Carefully pour in remaining 1/4 cup rum and 2 tablespoons cream. Let cool, stirring, until thickened. Drizzle over cake.

MALIBU RUM COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla, beating until blended. Add orange extract, beating until blended. Gradually add rum and sour cream, beating until blended.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add alternately with whipping cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat batter until blended after each addition. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Bake at 350° for 55 to 60 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes. Remove from pan and allow to cool completely on wire rack. Ice with Coconut Rum Icing.
• Coconut Rum Icing Directions:.
• Melt together butter and milk over low heat in small sauce pan. When melted stir in Rum and sugar. Whip with wire whisk until thick enough to pour over cake. If necessary add more sugar or hot water to adjust thickness of icing. Stir in flaked coconut.
• Place cake on wire rack over cookie sheet (line with foil or wax paper to speed cleanup) and pour icing over cake. Use an offset spatula to smooth icing if necessary to cover cake. Sprinkle with a little flaked coconut for garnish.

TROPICAL PINEAPPLE COCONUT RUM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. CAKE: Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour a large 12" Bundt or tube pan (or spray well with Bakers' Joy).
• 2. Mix all cake ingredients together at low speed for 30 sec, then at medium speed for 2 min.
• 3. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• 4. Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted in center. Cool in pan until cake is completely cool. Make glaze while cake is cooling.
• 5. RUM GLAZE: Melt butter in a saucepan.
• 6. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes stirring constantly.
• 7. Add pineapple and boil 1 more minute while stirring.
• 8. Remove from heat and add rum; set aside and cool 10 minutes.
• 9. Poke holes all over the bottom of the cooled cake (I use a chopstick). Spoon glaze over cake bottom a little at a time so it soaks in until all glaze is used. Let cake sit for at least 30 minutes and then transfer to serving plate. The longer it sits, the better it gets!

COCONUT, PINEAPPLE, RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 15x10 inch pan.
• Combine cake mix, 3/4 cup rum, eggs, milk, and oil beat till well combined about 3 minutes. Blend in 1 cup coconut flakes.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile prepare cream filling and topping.
• Drain crush pineapple saving the juice. Combine pudding, pineapple, 1 cup pineapple juice and 1/4 cup rum.
• Fold in whipped topping.
• Cool and remove from pan.
• Slice into 3 10x5 pieces.
• Place one layer on serving dish, top with the cream, add next layer and top with cream, top with last layer. Cover sides and top with remaining coconut.
• I pressed the coconut into the cream to shape like a pineapple.
• Chill well or you can freeze.
• Garnish with pineapple leaves and some pineapples.

PINA COLADA COCONUT RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Combine yellow cake mix, water, eggs, and vegetable oil in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth, about 2 minutes. Fold in 1/2 cup shredded coconut. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 23 to 28 minutes.
• Mix cream of coconut and white rum together in a bowl. Poke holes in the hot cake with the end of a wooden spoon; pour cream of coconut mixture evenly over the cake. Chill cake, 8 hours to overnight.
• Mix remaining shredded coconut, crushed pineapple, and whipped topping together in a bowl. Spread evenly over the chilled cake. Chill for 1 hour before serving.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flower a bunt pan.
• Preheat over to 350°F.
• Mix together cake mix, 1/3 cup of coconut run, eggs, oil, water, vanilla pudding and drained crushed pineapple in mixer on med speed until smooth. 4. bake for one hour or until cooked through. 5. Glaze:. 6. Place butter, powdered sugar and 1/3 cup of coconut rum in the microwave for 2 minutes or until it boils and all the sugar is dissolved.
• Leave the cake in the bunt pan.
• While it is still hot, poke several holes around the cake and pour glaze over all the holes and the whole cake.
• Let cook completely before you remove.
• Looks very pretty garnished with strawberries, pineapple rings and other fresh fruit.

COCONUT RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Make cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Lightly butter cake pan and line bottom with a round of parchment paper. Lightly butter parchment, then flour pan.
• Whisk together flour (1 1/4 cups), baking powder, and salt.
• Whisk together whole eggs and yolks, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl. Gradually whisk in flour mixture until combined, then whisk in butter until just combined. Pour into cake pan and rap pan on counter to expel air bubbles.
• Bake until golden brown and cake starts to pull away from side of pan, about 45 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes. (Leave oven on.) Invert cake onto rack (discard parchment) and cool 10 minutes more. Generously brush top and side of warm cake with cream of coconut, allowing it to soak in before brushing on more. Cool completely.
• Make coconut slivers as cake cools:
• Pierce softest eye of coconut with a small screwdriver, then drain and discard liquid. Bake coconut in a shallow baking pan 15 minutes. (Leave oven on.) Break shell with a hammer, then pry flesh from shell with screwdriver.
• Thinly shave enough coconut with slicer to measure 2 cups and toss with confectioners sugar, then spread in 1 layer on a baking sheet. Bake until just dry but not golden (some tips may color), 5 to 10 minutes. (Shave and bake remaining coconut with more confectioners sugar to serve on the side, or freeze for another use.) Cool coconut completely. (It will crisp as it cools.)
• Make icing:
• Beat together cream cheese, cream of coconut, rum, vanilla, and 2 tablespoons cream with an electric mixer until smooth, then beat in confectioners sugar. Icing should be smooth and slightly runny; stir in remaining tablespoon cream if necessary.
• Smooth icing over top of cooled cake, allowing some to drip over side, then top with coconut slivers.

COCONUT RUM CAKE WITH BUTTERED RUM GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour bundt pan.
• 2. Combine cake ingredients and mix until smooth. Pour into prepared pan and bake approximately 45-55 min or until a inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes remove from pan.
• 3. While cake is cooling add sugar and water to a small sauce pan. Melt sugar over medium heat. Once sugar is dissolved add butter, stir constantly until butter is melted and mixture becomes foamy. Remove from heat add rum (or rum flavored extract). Let cool slightly. Pour over cooled cake. Enjoy.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT RUM CAKE

Steps:

• In a baking dish toast 2/3 cup of the coconut in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven until it just begins to color, transfer it to a small bowl, and let it cool.
• In a metal bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water melt the chocolate and the butter with the rum, stirring, until the mixture is smooth and remove the bowl from the heat. In a bowl whisk together the yolks, 2 tablespoons of the sugar, the flour, and the salt until the mixture is smooth and whisk in the chocolate mixture and the remaining (untoasted) 1/3 cup coconut. In another bowl with an electric mixer beat the whites until they hold soft peaks and beat in the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar until the whites just hold stiff peaks. Stir half the whites into the chocolate mixture and fold in the remaining whites gently but thoroughly. Pour the mixture into a buttered 7- or 8-inch springform pan, bake the cake in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until it is set and the top is puffed and cracked, and let it cool in the pan on a rack. (The cake will fall as it cools.)
• Remove the side of the pan from the cake and spread the frosting on the side of the cake. Holding the cake in one hand over the bowl of toasted coconut, with the other hand press the coconut onto the frosting, letting the excess fall back into the bowl.
• The cake may be made 1 day in advance and kept covered loosely and chilled.
• Make the frosting while the cake is cooling:
• In a bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter, add the rum, the salt, and the confectioners' sugar, and beat the frosting until it is light and fluffy.

MALIBU RUM COCONUT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream together the butter and both sugars until smooth. Add The eggs and the extra yolk , extracts (1 @ a time )Beating on med-high until well blended ; Gradually blend in the rum and sour cream.
• 2. Sift together the dry ingredients and alternately with the whipping cream add to the creamed mixture , ending with the flour ; Mixing well between each addition.
• 3. Pour batter into a greased and floured ( I use Bakers joy) 10" Bundt pan and bake @ 350° for 55-60 minutes or until the tooth pick test comes out clean.
• 4. Let it cool before removing from the pan for about 15 minutes and then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. Place a sheet under the wire rack , it will help catch the icing falling off of the cake when its time to ice it.
• 5. Melt the butter with the milk on low heat until the butter is all melted ; Remove from the heat and whisk in the rum and sugar until you have a smooth thick glaze ; Stir in the coconut and pour over top of the cooled cake ; using spatula to spread icing all over the cake ; as the icing rolls off the cake , spoon it bake up and put back on the cake ; sprinkle with more coconut for garnishment.

PINEAPPLE-COCONUT SHEET CAKE WITH RUM AND CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Steps:

• Cream butter with sugar.
• Blend in eggs. Beat well.
• Add flour, sifted with salt and baking soda.
• Fold in pineapple, nuts, and coconut.
• Spread on greased 10" x 15" x 1" baking pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and glaze while hot with confectioners sugar mixed with enough rum to thin to heavy pouring consistency.
• Quickly spread over entire cake.
• When glaze is dry, drizzle the melted chocolate chips over the cake.