Coconut Cake and Pie Recipes

Grandma Colleen had a shoebox filled with recipe cards with the recipes she had collected from family and friends through the years. These shoebox recipes are some of my favorite recipes using coconut.

Coconut Mist Cake

Gather these ingredients :

• 5 Tbsp margarine
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 egg yolks, well beaten
• ½ cup crushed pineapple, undrained
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 1 ¼ cup sifted cake flour
• 2 t. Baking Powder
• ½ t. vanilla
• ½ cup moist shredded coconut
• 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten


Follow these steps :

1. In a large bowl, beat the margarine and sugar until creamy.
2. Add the egg yolks & undrained pineapple and continue to blend.
3. Now add the dry ingredients and blend well.
4. Add the vanilla and ½ of the coconut.
5. Beat for 2 minutes.
6. Fold in the egg whites very carefully.
7. Pour into a well oiled loaf pan.
8. Sprinkle remaining coconut on top of batter.

Bake 350 ° for 35 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes in pan then turn out onto cooling rack.


Coconut Velvet Pie

Gather these ingredients :

• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 can (11 oz) condensed Cheddar cheese soup
• ¾ c scalded milk
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 2 Tbsp butter or margarine
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ¾ cup flaked coconut
• 9 inch baked pie shell
• whipped cream
• toasted coconut

Follow these steps :

1. In a sauce pan, combine sugar and flour.
2. Gradually blend in soup and milk.
3. Cook over low heat, stirring until thickened.
4. Gradually blend about 1 c soup mixture into beaten egg yolks.
5. Stir egg mixture into soup mixture.
6. Cook over low heat, stirring until thickened.
7. Add butter and extract; stir until butter melts.
8. Fold in coconut; cool 10 minutes.
9. Pour into pie shell; chill until firm.
10. Garnish with whipped cream and toasted coconut

It’s an extra-special occasion these days if it’s celebrated by staying home for dinner.

I hope that by sharing these recipes with you, you will find it easier and more affordable to spend the evening in at home with family and or friends.

Another advantage may be that your friends will invite you over, and request that you bring your special coconut cake or pie.