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Coconut Cake with Pale Ale Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

 

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Beer and fruit have a bit of a sordid past. From the ill-advised orange slice served on the side of a hefeweizen, to the cringe inducing Bud Light Lime.  Thankfully, plenty of remarkable unions have a sordid pasts. Beer and fruit just needed a few takes to get it right. The current state of beer and fruit, in the hands of remarkable brewers, is exciting.

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Craft brewers have pushed the limits of what these two can do, bringing us remarkable examples like Festina Peche from Dogfish Head, and Orange Wheat from Hangar 24. Those brilliant brewers make beer with watermelon, cherries, marionberries, and pretty much everything else they can get their hands on.

It’s evidence of what beer can do, what it’s capable of. Think for a second of the first beer you ever tasted, probably a pale lager poured from a keg out of the back of a pick-up truck. The flavors in that beer were small, a ground floor offering, a beer made to vaguely satiate the masses. Craft beer being made now is being made to get people excited, make us think. Love it or hate it, it’s beer you remember.

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It’s why beer and food go so well together. It’s the only alcoholic beverage that’s made with just about any ingredient in that meal on your plate. It was only a matter of time, and dozens of brilliant brewers, before beer and fruit started to make sense. And that was only the begining. You should see what those brewers do with chai, and chocolate, and carrots, and everything else you can throw at them.

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Coconut Cake with Pale Ale Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients
  

For the Cake

  • 4 eggs divided
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • ½ cup full fat coconut milk from can, shaken
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp coconut extract
  • 1 cup pale ale beer
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup dried coconut flakes

For the Frosting:

  • 1 ½ cup unsalted butter softened
  • 8 wt oz cream cheese softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbs lime juice
  • 3 tbs pale ale beer
  • 1/2 cup toasted coconut optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 .
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer add the egg whites, reserve the yolks.
  • Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Remove whites from mixer, add to a medium bowl, chill until ready to use.
  • In the mixer bowl add the butter and sugar, beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks, beat until well combined.
  • Add the coconut milk, vanilla extract, coconut extract and beer, beat until well combined.
  • Lift the mixer heat, sprinkle with flour, baking soda and salt, stir until just combined. Add the egg whites, stir until just combined.
  • Pour into a greased 9x13 inch pan.
  • Bake at 350 for 28-32 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool completely.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer beat the butter until light and fluffy. Add the cream cheese, beat until well combined. Add the powdered sugar and beat until well combined.
  • While the mixer is running mix in the beer and the lime juice.
  • Frost the cake with the frosting, chill until ready to serve.
  • Garnish with toasted coconut just prior to serving, if desired.

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Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar June 27, 2014 um 3:18 am

That frosting sounds unreal!! I love the pale ale and lime combo!

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baffled June 27, 2014 um 3:32 am

The recipe sounds delicious, and I’m excited to try it. But please please please get someone to proofread your posts. It’s *sordid* past.

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Jackie June 27, 2014 um 9:37 am

Thank you. If you find errors, let me know. Clearly proofreading isn’t at the top of my skills set.

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Michelle Lahey June 27, 2014 um 9:43 am

This sounds perfect for summer! I used to despise fruity beers, but I agree – there are some much better ones out there now, thankfully!

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Brandon @ Kitchen Konfidence June 27, 2014 um 10:14 am

Mmmm, this looks fantastic Jackie!! I’ve never tried beer with coconut, but I like the idea.

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Sophia @ NY Foodgasm June 28, 2014 um 8:57 am

This looks fabulous!! Absolutely love the choice of beer for the topping!

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Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen June 29, 2014 um 4:58 am

I love every word in that title – this looks amazing!

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addie | culicurious July 6, 2014 um 1:32 pm

Oh this looks divine. I can taste that delicious combo right now. I’m totally making this next time I need a cake. Or just 'cuz 🙂

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