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The coconut cake at Howley’s has achieved almost mythical status among Florida dessert aficionados, and one bite explains why. This isn’t just good cake – it’s the kind of transcendent dessert ...

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Frosting: 170g cream cheese, at room temperature. 70g butter, at room temperature. 3 cups icing sugar, sifted. 1½ tablespoons freeze-dried pineapple powder ...

Preheat the oven to 175C. Line the base and sides of a 22cm tin with baking paper. To make the caramel, place the brown sugar in a frying pan over low heat.

Preheat oven to 1800 Celsius. Grease bottom and sides of a one-litre loaf pan; dust with flour, tapping out the excess, or line with baking paper. Toast coconut gently in a hot pan or in the oven.

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Rich, velvety coconut cream adds body and flavor to all sorts of sweet and savory dishes — as well as island-inspired drinks. Jodie Kautzmann is an editor, baker, and confectioner with more than ...

Robert Davis of Norfolk, Va., entered a winning cake, selected from among 60,000 entries (including 2,500 for pineapple upside-down cake) and, the story goes, brought home a US$50 prize.