Coconut Cream Pound Cake

Recipe and picture from www.allrecipes.com

"A moist coconut pound cake, a crowd pleaser. I use this recipe for making wedding cake layers."

Original recipe yield: 1 - 10 inch tube pan

INGREDIENTS
1 cup (225g) butter, softened
1 (8 ounce / 224g) package cream cheese, softened
3 cups (600g) white sugar
6 eggs
1 teaspoon coconut extract
3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups (150g) flaked coconut

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and cream cheese until well blended. Add sugar, and beat until light and fluffy. Blend in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the coconut extract. Mix in flour and baking powder until just moistened, then stir in coconut. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.

Note : This cake recipe also does well baked in layers. Will make three 8 inch layers, or one 10 inch layer and one 6 inch layer. Reduce baking time if making as a layer cake, but keep the temperature the same. Test for doneness as indicated in recipe.