Last year I tried making the Ultimate Coconut Cake. It was such a flop I didn't even bother to put the icing on the cake. It wasn't worth the cost of the ingredients to even try to salvage it. This year I took another try at it and I actually did it!
If you go look at Martha Stewart she has the recipe there.
https://www.marthastewart.com/966156/ultimate-coconut-cake
This towering 12-layer coconut cake is the signature cake belonging to chef Robert Carter of The
Peninsula Grill in Charleston, SC. It is based on his grandmother's
recipe and it has become the cake-of-choice for Charleston brides.
Entire cakes are shipped across the United States via overnight
delivery. The show-stopping Ultimate Coconut Cake® weighs approximately
12 pounds and is delivered to your doorstep.I would like to know how in the world it arrives in one piece ! I can't imagine shipping this when I had such a challenge getting it across town.The whole cake is $130.00 to purchase then if you have to ship it you can tack on a whole lot more for shipping overnight. When you order a piece of cake at the restaurant it is $10.00 a slice and believe me it isn't one of those big fat slices you see sometimes. They say the 10" round cake serves 16 people. It is soooo rich I'm not sure you could eat a great big fat slice.
They tell you to let it sit on the counter a few hours to come to room temperature but honestly so far nobody has been able to wait that long yet! If we did I am sure the actual flavors of the toasted coconut and butter and cream cheese would make us drool even more. LOL
I noticed several people at the party were enjoying a second helping that don't usually indulge in something so rich. LOL
Nikki wasn't able to attend the Thanksgiving dinner I took it to but I took her and her hubby the left overs to enjoy. She said ....
Holy Cow! I just got home and took a bite of that cake!
That's deadly! It's like.... If I was a prisoner on death row and had a last meal I'd want all that cake!
It's funny. She got up the next morning and found out SOMEONE... was having cake for breakfast ! LOL
It gives me a thrill to know that not only did I actually pull this recipe off this time but people really enjoyed it that much. This is how much was left over after the party and believe me it wasn't a very big party.
Normally I would have started this cake a few days before because it has a lot of steps and parts to assemble but it didn't work out like that and I had only 1 day to cook, cool, and assemble. I worked on this from noon until midnight taking a break for lunch and supper. I was worn out and I needed a cleaning crew to take care of the kitchen. I don't know what was harder, making the cake of trying to find a cake board sturdy enough to hold the cake or trying to fit it into the fridge!
1. The filling: You make it the night
before assembling the cake..
2.
The cake: Two 10” cakes.3. Simple syrup
4. The frosting…
5. The assembly
As you can see I didn't get everything cut as nice and neat at the Chief did but maybe I will have better luck next time.
Love
Ranchmama
( who has met this challenge and wondering what the next one will be. LOL )
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