Sometimes you just need something exotic and tropical for your taste bud along with something that taste more familiar. Coconut cake is the perfect mixture for your need. In this how to make Coconut Cake page, you can read how to make a perfect coconut cake for your dessert.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans.
3. Whisk dry ingredients together in mixing bowl, and set aside.
4. Cream butter and sugar in a another bowl until fluffy.
5. Add eggs one at time, beating well after each addition.
6. Add vanilla and coconut extract.
7. Add one fourth of the flour mixture, followed by 1/3 of the coconut milk, mixing well after each addition. Continue adding flour and coconut milk, ending with flour.
8. Fold in coconut.
9. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.
10. Tap pan lightly on the edge of the counter to release any trapped air bubbles.
11. Place in oven and bake for 40 minutes, or until cake is pulling away from the sides of the pan, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
12. Cool in pans for 15 minutes before removing.
13. Cool cakes on wire racks completely before frosting.

1. Beat cream cheese and utter until smooth.
2. Beat in confectioner's sugar on low speed until smooth.
3. Place one cake layer on a plate.
4. Spread bottom layer with preserves.
5. Place top layer on the cake, and secure with skewers placed vertically through the two layers.
6. Frost sides of cake.
7. Frost top of cake.
8. Remove skewers
9. Press coconut onto sides of cake.
10. Refrigerate for one hour before serving.