Saturday, June 19, 2021

HOLLYHOCKS and LEMON COCONUT CAKE for "Tea In The Garden"

 Today I am doing a very
quick "Tea In The Garden" posting
and sharing a cake I baked
this afternoon.  The temperature 
dropped to 90 degrees so I dashed
 out in the backyard to get
 some photos:




The garden is in a holding pattern now
waiting on all the wonderful
 hydrangeas.  The spring flowers
have all faded away and now we 
have some hot summer days.



I was searching the internet for a
Lemon Coconut Cake and had a
funny experience.  I started to
read a recipe and the instructions
weren't at all like the photo and
I got rather suspicious.  After
looking at other recipes I found
the real creator here at this site:
STL Cooks.  The other person
must of copied their recipe and 
even their photo.  That was naughty.


Then reading even further
I see that this site shared that they
 adapted this recipe 
from another site who took it from a 2006 
Southern Living Recipe.......imagine
all that.


Needless to say - this cake is
delicious and like you do, I did
make a couple minor tweaks
myself using lemon extract in the lemon
filling and the main cake  and using
coconut extract in the
cream cheese frosting.






9 comments:

  1. Your photography is absolutely beautiful and your garden is sublime. I think I gained weight just looking at that cake, LOL Yum!

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  2. Cooled off to 90, lol. I'm not sure I'd like that. We had a cold front here
    for 5 days with nights of 48 or so. Hot and humid 87 today. I see how tall your holly hocks are. They look as lovely as the tea and cake. Nice recipe as I love the flavor of coconut and lemon, both.

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  3. What delightful post...That cake is mouthwatering!

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  4. What a beautiful post!! Love your garden tea setting!! So pretty...Your blooms are lovely too!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
    Hugs,
    Debbie

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  5. Always a delight to see your garden and the scrumptious looking cake for tea. I'm totally with you in spirit.

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  6. Your garden is always lovely, Bernideen, 90 plus degrees or not! I’m not a huge fan of the texture of coconut, so your use of coconut extract has me thinking I might like this cake. I adore lemon and the coconut cream cheese frosting is an interesting addition. It looks delicious!

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  7. Oh how I love coconut. My Mother made fresh coconut cake for Christmas. She grated the coconut and it was yummy. Yours is beautiful and I know it was delicious.

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  8. Hi Bernideen: Your garden is lovely as it always is and your tea table is exquisite. That cake is beautiful and looks wonderful. Everything looks so pretty and I always enjoy seeing it all. Hope you are enjoying summer and staying cool..Happy Days, my friend..xxoJudy

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