Come and knock on my dooooor. I’ve been waiting for youuuuu.
Where there’s coconut milk skillet ca-akes, and kahlúa sauce toooooo.
Hi. Happy Fridee! We made it. And this boo boo bear’s got dessert to prove it.
I’d also like to make a very important announcement!
I’m deeply sorry for referring to myself just now as “boo boo bear.” Thank you.
Doesn’t this look just like cornbread? I have the most wonderful news in the entire world for you. It’s not cornbread. It’s sweet, moist (sorry), dense, yet pillowy, coconut milky, cakey cake. Cake that you bake in a cast iron skillet. Cake that you slice and drizzle with an intensely rich kahlúa sauce that will have you seeing THE VERY FACE OF GOD.
And then you go and garnish it with more coconut shavings. Hooolmg.
Let’s cheer it together:
Coconut! Coconut! Coconut milk skillet cake, for the win! If you can’t beat them, we will with this skillet cake that I just mentioned!
Yeah we don’t have to cheer that.
But clearly, eating is a must.
Coconut Milk Skillet Cake with a Kahlúa Drizzle:
(adapted from my Spicy Mocha Pound Cake)
What it took for 8 slices:
for the skillet cake:
* 1 stick butter, room temp
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 1 cup coconut milk
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 (3.4 oz) box coconut cream pudding mix
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1 small pinch of salt
for the kahlúa drizzle:
* 1/2 stick butter
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1 egg
* 1/2 cup kahlua
* coconut shavings, for garnish
Preheat oven to 375.
In a standing mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Once creamed, add the egg and give it one more whirl, until the mix is creamy and silky.
Add the vanilla extract and the coconut milk. Stir to combine.
In another bowl, sift the flour, pudding mix, baking powder and the pinch of salt.
Pour the coconut milk mixture into the dried ingredients bowl and stir and fold and sing until it’s all nice and creamy and dreamy.
Pour the mixture into a 10-inch greased and lightly floured cast iron skillet. Depending on your oven, this will bake anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour, or when a toothpick comes out clean.
If you can, and you won’t, let it sit for about 10 minutes. While you let it sit, make your drizzle! I don’t know why I keep calling it a drizzle.
In a small saucepan, melt the butter, sugar and egg over low heat. Once the sugar is pretty much dissolved, add the kahlúa and stir to combine. Keep it warm until you’re ready to drizzle something.
Slice and serve with a nice kahlúa drizzle, with coconut shavings as a garnish. Die from bliss.
I really want to do that cheer again.
(p.s. don’t fugget to enter to win all that Anthropologie, Le Creuset and butter stuff, right here!)
Omgiwantthisrightnow. *cries*
Looks amazing!!
Get in ma belleh!
HIMYM has ruined *moist*…….dampish, maybe?…..just not the same.
I love it when you bake, Bev. This is gorgeous.
Oh wow! This cake looks and sounds amazing!
Clearly eating this is a must!
Oh by gosh by golly, I want this whole cake in my tummy.
I need to get myself a cast iron skillet so I can start making things like this! Yummmm
A cake in a skillet?! WHAAAAAAAAA?! I’m in love…
Bev makes dessert?! Fancy!
Oh drool! And stop screaming at me to make food in the skillet!
I love that it’s made in a skillet and uses coconut milk AND coconut pudding and Kahlua! Love it, Bev! Pinning!
Another outstanding reason to own a cast iron skillet – and why I love mine. I love cakes like this – grabbing my car keys to get the pudding so I can make this ASAP!
Love baking with my skillet! This cake looks amazing!!!
I said it once and I’ll say it again – Oh Holy $#!T!!
Looks amazing! Did you use instant pudding mix or cook and serve pudding mix?
It was the instant stuff! Ooooo yeah.
I need this cake in my life! And can I just drink the Kahlua drizzle?!
Did you put coconut in a baby skillet?! I am in looooove! Also, wicked cake recipe!
You boozed up a dessert?! Who would do such a thing…I have no idea. But I am very much looking forward to your cookbook, Bev Cooks With Booze (I think I just started an internet rumor).
I just love coconut milk, and I can utilize my new cast iron skillet, too!
I just bought a cast iron skillet the other day and I know exactly what I am baking in it now. This cake looks other worldly.
Oh, girl. You got me at coconut milk. I could drink it like a baby! Lovely, lovely!
Oh that looks sooooo goooood! Must try.
You do the most awesome things in the skillet and I love it! I can’t even begin to say how much I want a ginormous piece of this cake right now.
Hoooolmg is right. Daaaayum, that looks like a fine cake right there.
This looks sooo good!!!! We made your spicy mocha pound cake awhile ago and adored it — post more desserts, please!!!
come to mama! This would be awesome too for camping…if I were a camper…which I am not, but if I was and I took my skillet I would totally make this. ya know what I mean ; )
You keep the slice… I’ll take the whole pan AND the Kahlua drizzle please-and-thank-you!
Oh wow, this looks amazing. The kahlua drizzle sounds heavenly!
Pass me one of those forks. i.must.eat.this.right.now!!!
And I think I would be drinking the sauce and eating the coconut before it even made it on the cake.
This looks amazing!!
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I do not have a cast iron skillet–what would be the closest replacement?
I think any other 10-inch skillet or pan should be just fine! Try it out and let me know!
Mmm, kahlúa drizzle…
omg….Time to fish out the Le Creuset and have me some Kahlua for breakfast…This will be done!!!
I tried to read all the comments but i didnt see this question, Do you have to use a cast iron skillet? i dont own one.
Well, if you have a small (10-inch) heavy duty skillet, I’m pretty sure it would be fine! But cast iron really would be best. Try it and let me know!
Kelli,
Did you get a response to this? I don’t own one either..Just wondering if a 10″ round cake pan would work the same?
What do you think??
Hi, Debbie! Did my response not show? I just said I’m sure any other heavy duty skillet or pan would be just fine! Try out the cake pan and let me know how it is. I’m SURE it will be all good!
Hey Bev!
Thanks sooo much!! My daughter swears by her cast iron pans..Guess I’ll just have to invest in one, too!!
Love your recipes! I’m new to pinterest, one thing for sure, recipes all look delicious!
Thanks again for your response! It was very helpful! (Off to Kohl’s I go!)
Have a great weekend!
Deb
Wow. I’ve never heard of this and I must try it. I’m a sucker for cornbread, and I know this ain’t, it almost looks like a spoon bread, and it’s made in a SKILLET! I die.
Is there a substitute for the Kahluah?
I would say you could go the rum route? Or if you’re not diggin’ the alcohol thing, just a straight chocolate or caramel drizzle would be great!
This looks so delish!! Quick question – if your cast iron skillet is “seasoned” and you bake this cake in it, how do you clean it afterwards? Do you need to re-season it? THANKS!
Yes! I usually just put cooking spray on my skillet between uses. So to bake the cake I used the spray and a little dusting of flour, then to clean it, just water (no soap) and a light layer of spray again! Das it!
H! I want to make this but is it the coconut milk in the can, the thick one, or the coconut milk you can buy in a carton and eat the cereal, looks like soy or almond milk. I have both, wasn’t sure which to use! Thanks
The coconut milk in the can! That’s what I used. And regular, not light. Let me know how it turns out!
Thank you! I will, making it tonight I think
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First of all — Made this cake last night.wow, totally awesome flavor, texture, everything about it was a huge hit at our house. My husband even had a big chunk for breakfast today!
Second, I set the timer for 40 minutes, just to give it a quick check ahead of minimum baking time — cake was already totally done, like perfectly done. Used a 10″ cast iron skillet. Baked at 375. Just a heads up.
Wow, this has all the elements of everything I want in a cake! It is baked in a cast-iron skillet! it has coconut milk! I was already making plans of extracting coconut milk from freshly grated coconuts.
However, I came to a dead stop when I reached the Coconut Cream Pudding Mix. All 3.4 ounces of it. We don’t have that where I’m from – and I was so excited to try this out. It seems very tropical in a boozy kind of way! Any suggestions on how to try out a good sub for the pudding mix? The recipe already has a lot of liquids, from the coconut milk and the creamed butter. I was thinking…
Maybe reverse engineer the coconut pudding mix, and add that to the recipe? I was checking recipes for home made instant pudding mixes, and I come up with these ingredients: Sugar, Cornstarch, Milk Powder are the main components, plus flavorings: Salt, Vanilla Bean.
It seems like a forgiving recipe. I’d appreciate pointers before I plunge into reckless substitutions. Can someone give me a little push and tell me approximately how many tablespoons are there in 3.4 ounces of pudding mix?
or maybe offer another take on my proposed substitution?
Thank you for this recipe, Bev! I’ll see how many tries I’ll be needing to get this right with my subs. But with all that Kahlua syrup, I am sure even my initial cake flops will seem great!
Did this ever work out for you, Ron!? What did you come up with?
Sounds delish! Wondering about the Kahlua drizzle…how do you melt the butter, sugar & egg over low heat? It seems the egg would scramble…is the recipe correct??? Want to make this over the weekend! Thanks!
Never got a response about the Kahlua drizzle so decided to use a caramel drizzle recipe I already had. The Coconut Skillet Cake turned out DELICIOUS! My family loved it! It worked out well with the caramel drizzle! Thanks for the recipe!
Oh my gosh I’m so sorry I never responded! The egg won’t scramble, nope! Not on a super low heat.
But your drizzle sounds incredible! I’m so glad you liked it!