coconut cake is a tradition in southern parts of the united states, but it also reminds us that somewhere in the world it’s warmer, even when the snow flies here.
traditional coconut cake calls for at least two layers. that presented a bit of a problem for our baking classes, since a whole cake made according to the original recipe would have been far more than we could have eaten. i talked about this with my wife, the baking expert in our family, and we decided to cut the recipe in half, but use a smaller, taller cake pan so that we could cut the finished cake in half and still 