30 Favorite Coconut Cakes
Calling all coconut lovers! If you love coconut cakes, you are going to love today's recipe roundup.
Today, we are sharing all of our favorite coconut cakes, from classic coconut cakes to light and fruity favorites, to chocolate coconut cakes, and more!
Some of our most popular cakes with coconut are our Coconut Pound Cake, Coconut Velvet Cake, Coconut Cream Cake. We also have favorite classic cakes like Carrot Cake, Italian Cream Cake and German Chocolate Cake!
There are so many delicious recipes to try for all sorts of special occasions. Whether you are looking for cake recipes from scratch or cake mix recipes, we have something for you in this list. Enjoy scrolling through!
Have you made any of these cakes? We would LOVE for you to leave a ⭐️ rating as well as a comment and photo below! We really appreciate your feedback!
30 Coconut Cake Recipes
Sharing a roundup of our favorite coconut cake recipes! We are sharing classic coconut cakes, light and fruity favorites, chocolate coconut cakes, and more!
Key Lime Coconut Cake
This light and delicious Key Lime Coconut Cake has amazing flavor from moist key lime cake layers and coconut whipped cream cheese frosting!
Easy Coconut Rum Cake
This decadent Easy Coconut Rum Cake has fantastic flavor from flaked coconut and coconut extract, as well as a rich and buttery coconut rum glaze. It all starts with a box of cake mix!
Easy Coconut Cake
This moist and fluffy Easy Coconut Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting is so delicious and starts with a box of cake mix! Keep this recipe in mind for birthdays, holiday cakes, potlucks, and more!
Coconut Pecan Pound Cake
This decadent Coconut Pecan Pound Cake has amazing flavor and is so simple to make!
Coconut Velvet Cake
This moist Coconut Velvet Cake is named for its velvety soft texture. It is so tender and decadent, with a luscious coconut seven minute filling and frosting.
Coconut Bundt Cake
This moist and light Coconut Bundt Cake is so delicious with flaked coconut folded into the cake batter. You will love this simple scratch recipe.
Caramel Italian Cream Cake
This moist Caramel Italian Cream Cake is a delicious twist on an old favorite. Coconut pecan cake layers are flavored with brown sugar, glazed with caramel, and frosted with caramel cream cheese frosting.
Coconut Cupcakes
These moist and fluffy coconut cupcakes are so soft and delicious with wonderful flavor!
Lemon Coconut Cake (Doctored Cake Mix Recipe)
This moist Lemon Coconut Cake from Cake Mix is so soft, moist, and delicious! You will love the combination of lemon cake layers with lemon curd filling and coconut whipped cream cheese frosting! The cake is covered in a coat of flaked coconut as well for a beautiful, impressive dessert
Strawberry Coconut Cake
This moist, fluffy Strawberry Coconut Cake is so flavorful! Strawberry coconut cake layers are filled with coconut whipped cream, sliced strawberries, and coconut cream cheese frosting.
Lemon Coconut Cupcakes
These moist, tender Lemon Coconut Cupcakes have the perfect balance of lemon and coconut flavor. They are frosted with lemon coconut cream cheese frosting.
White Chocolate Coconut Cake
This delicious homemade White Chocolate Coconut Cake is SO moist and flavorful! White chocolate and coconut are the perfect combination!
Blueberry Coconut Pound Cake
This very moist, flavorful Blueberry Coconut Pound Cake has a fine crumb and fantastic flavor. Keep it in mind for your spring and summer celebrations!
Pineapple Coconut Pound Cake
This decadent Pineapple Coconut Pound Cake is so buttery and soft with bits of pineapple and coconut in every slice! It is perfect for any occasion, or just because!
Italian Cream Cupcakes (Cake Mix)
These moist Italian Cream Cupcakes are so flavorful with coconut, pecans, and cream cheese frosting. Nobody would guess that they start with a box of yellow cake mix!
Coconut Cake Recipe from Scratch
This Coconut Cake Recipe from scratch is a classic! Moist homemade yellow cake layers are filled with a delicious cooked coconut filling and frosted with coconut cream cheese frosting!
Italian Cream Cake Recipe
This amazing Italian Cream Cake recipe has so much flavor from chopped pecans, coconut, cream cheese frosting and more!
Coconut Hummingbird Cake
This delicious Coconut Hummingbird Cake is so moist and has amazing flavor from bananas, crushed pineapple, pecans, and coconut!
Coconut Pound Cake
This moist Coconut Pound Cake is easy to make and tastes amazing! You will love this easy and delicious cake!
Carrot Cake from Scratch
This scratch Carrot Cake is my FAVORITE cake, and one of our most popular recipes on the site! Carrot cake with crushed pineapple, pecans, coconut, and spices!
Lemon Coconut Cake with Lemon Curd Filling (Scratch Recipe)
You'll love these moist lemon cake layers with coconut baked right into the batter. The filling of lemon curd and whipped coconut cream cheese frosting is heavenly!
Almond Coconut Cake
This moist, scratch Almond Coconut Cake is so fluffy and flavorful with coconut and sliced almonds baked into the batter!
Almond Joy Cake Recipe
This Almond Joy Cake is amazing! Decadent chocolate cake layers with a thick and flavorful coconut filling, frosted in rich ganache.
Maple Carrot Cake
This moist Maple Carrot Cake is so delicious with carrots, spices, pecans, pineapple, coconut maple with maple cream cheese frosting!
Vanilla Wafer Cake- A Classic Recipe
This moist, rich Vanilla Wafer Cake doesn't taste like Vanilla Wafers at all! ;0) This vintage cake which uses the crushed cookies instead of flour is bursting with coconut and pecan flavor.
Chocolate Italian Cream Cake
This Chocolate Italian Cream Cake recipe is a delicious twist on a beloved classic! You can never go wrong with this wonderful combination of chocolate, coconut, pecans, and chocolate cream cheese frosting!
Orange Coconut Cake
This moist Orange Coconut Cake is bursting with citrus and coconut flavor. It is the perfect dessert for spring and summer celebrations!
Coconut Cream Cake
This heavenly Coconut Cream Cake has such amazing flavor! Moist cake layers are filled with homemade coconut pastry cream and frosted with a whipped coconut cream cheese frosting in this crowd-pleasing dessert.
German Chocolate Cake Recipe! {Scratch}
This German Chocolate Cake tastes amazing! Moist German chocolate cake layers with a flavorful coconut and pecan filling. This recipe is always a crowd pleaser!
Italian Cream Bundt Cake- Doctored Cake Mix
This moist Italian Cream Bundt Cake has amazing flavor from a combination coconut, pecans, and cream cheese frosting! Nobody would guess that it starts with a cake mix!
Piña Colada Cake Recipe
This delicious Piña Colada Cake recipe is the perfect party cake! You'll love the flavor of pineapple, coconut, and a hint of rum!
Cherry Pound Cake (with Coconut Frosting)
This flavorful pound cake has amazing cherry flavor! We love the combination of cherry and coconut, and so we've frosted it with coconut frosting and covered with additional flaked coconut!
Pineapple Coconut Cake
This moist and flavorful Pineapple Coconut Cake consists of homemade pineapple cake layers with a delicious pineapple filling and coconut cream cheese frosting!
Carrot Bundt Cake
This Carrot Bundt Cake is everything that you love in a carrot cake, in a bundt cake form!
Coconut Lemon Cake from Scratch
This Coconut Lemon Layer Cake has such an amazing combination of flavors- moist, fruity, and perfect for spring and summer!
Carrot Cake -Doctored Cake Mix Recipe
Nobody would believe that this amazing Carrot Cake recipe starts with a box of spice cake mix! The added carrots, coconut, pecans, and crushed pineapple add wonderful flavor!
Coconut Filling (for Almond Joy Cake)
This delicious Coconut Filling is wonderfully flavorful! We use this in our Almond Joy Cake but it would work for all sorts of recipes!
Chocolate Coconut Layer Cake
Chocolate coconut cake layers are filled and frosted with whipped coconut cream cheese frosting is this decadent dessert!
Do you have a recipe for coconut frosting that does NOT have cream cheese or any cream cheese, or other cheese substitute in it? NO ONE in my entire family likes to eat or can eat cream cheese, but they all love coconut. I have not found any coconut frosting that does not include cream cheese or its substitute with another cheese in it. Thank you!
Hi Jeanne- You can use our Classic Vanilla Buttercream recipe with coconut extract added to it (1 tsp or adjust to your liking)-- 7 Minute Frosting is also a great choice-- check out our Fluffy White Frosting recipe which is a 7 minute frosting- you can add coconut extract if you'd like!
https://www.mycakeschool.com/recipes-tutorials/seven-minute-frosting/
Thank you Melissa this is so helpful! Now my family just has to decide which one of these delicious cake recipes it will go on! I know we will have to try several different cakes and frosting combos till we find the perfect one for our family. I can see my scale going up, up up!
Thank you so much for sharing these amazing recipes for Coconut cakes!!
Coconut is my all time favorite flavor,and I look forward to making some of these delicious recipes.
Again, thank you for your generosity of sharing such wonderful recipes to all your readers,
Raquel Musgrave
Thanks so much, Raquel! I'm so glad that you are enjoying the recipes!!
Mouth watering cake’s 🙏🙏