my momma's coconut cake

Mmm..good ole southern comfort food. I may be from Florida, but my grandma sure knew how to make some good ole southern food. She taught my mom and my mom taught me. My mom had this hankerin (I use that word because in my head right now I'm southern--just deal with it) for some southern coconut cake. Mmmmm Mmmm Mmmm! Now I am very, very picky about coconut cake. I'm not sure how to explain how I like it. There are just some I hate, and some I enjoy. Because I am so picky, I don't eat it very often and I never make it.

Well, my momma got herself up in that kitchen, and made one dee-lish-ous cake. I learned one of the secrets to a good coconut cake is the frosting. You don't want to use a plain ole buttercream. Nope, you want a sugary sweet 7-minute frosting. I had totally forgotten my grandma's decadent frosting. She made it all the time when I was little. She would let me lick the silver mixer thingies (you would think I would know what those are called, but I don't). Mmmm, this frosting tastes like marshmallow cream. So good.

My mom found this recipe that uses both the 7-minute frosting and has a delicious southern recipe for the cake. I was immediately transported back to my grandma's kitchen. Made me miss her a lot. The recipe is called Jamie's Coconut Cake by Paula Deen. Highly recommend it for all you lovers of coconut cake and good ole southern food.

I made all kinds of good food last night as well, but that will have to wait for another post. Can't give away all my secrets in one shot, now can I?