This Louisiana Crunch Cake Recipe is a must for your family. This is a classic southern and delicious cake that everyone will love. It has a buttery and soft texture with a slightly sweetened coconut flavor. This is a great cake recipe for holidays and special occasions.
Okay, so I love cake, right? I do. My favorite dessert and cake is a good old Birthday Cake with Buttercream Icing. The more buttery, the better! However, I don’t like a lot of icing on my cake. Just a nice thin layer will do just fine. I prefer cakes that have a glaze instead of a full coat of icing. This explains why I have always loved Entenmann’s Lousiana Crunch Cake. It is one of the best store-bought cakes I’ve ever had. This cake recipe was a cake recipe I wanted to replicate.
What is a Louisiana Crunch Cake?
In my words, Louisiana Crunch Cake is a slice of heaven! It is a moist, buttery cake with a touch of sweetened coconut flakes at the very top of the crust. Now, I know coconut is a hit or miss with people, but I’m telling you, even if you are not crazy about coconut, this cake is not overwhelming with coconut flavor to where you will notice immediately.
This is cake recipe is to be made in a bundt pan or tube pan. You can use whatever design of a bundt pan you will like. All you have to do is top this cake off with the glaze, and it will make the cake look fancy and lovely.
Commonly Asked Questions
No. At least, not in my recipe. You can add some finely chopped pecans to the cake to enhance the nutty flavor.
I am sure you could, but I have not, so I wouldn’t be able to tell you what to expect. If you are going for the true Louisiana Crunch Cake texture, you wouldn’t want to use cake mix as it may not be as dense as a typical Crunch Cake recipe is.
Yes. For this recipe, it is best that the ingredients are at room temperature for a smooth cake bake for a soft cake.
* Recipe partially adapted from Twin Goddess
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Louisiana Crunch Cake Recipe
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 mins
- Yield: 12 1x
Description
This Louisiana Crunch Cake Recipe is a must for your family. This is a classic southern and delicious cake that everyone will love.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 2 c. sugar
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 c. sour cream
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract
- 3 c. cake flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 c. buttermilk, room temperature
- 1/8 c. sugar
- 1/4 c. sweetened coconut
GLAZE
- 3 tbsp. melted butter
- 2 tbsp. heavy cream
- 3 c. powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees
- In a large bowl, blend the butter until creamy, and add the sugar to blend until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, ensuring each egg is well incorporated into the cake batter while scraping down the sides of the bowl after each egg. The mixture should be light and airy.
- Blend the sour cream and vanilla, and almond extract.
- Add the baking powder and soda; add flour a cup at a time while interchangeably adding the buttermilk using a hand-held or standing mixer.
- Take a bundt or tube cake pan and spray it with baking spray. At the bottom of pan, sprinkle with the sugar and roll it around so it can be evenly distributed on the bottom and sides of the bundt cake pan. Shake off excess sugar.
- Sprinkle the coconut around the bottom of the pan. Pour the batter into the pan on top of the coconut and place it on top of the baking sheet and then inside the oven for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and it comes out clean. You should have a golden yellow cake.
- Once finished, allow cooling before removing it from the pan for about 15 minutes. Then, flip the pan onto a cooling rack.
- To make the glaze: Add the melted butter, cream, and extract in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk the powdered sugar, add a pinch of salt, drizzle the glaze on top of the cake and allow to set before serving. Store in an airtight container for cakes for up to one week.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 60 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: louisiana crunch cake, louisiana crunch cake recipe, louisiana crunch cake origin
Hi! Do you weigh out the ingredients for this recipe or just use a measuring cup?
I just used a measuring cup.
Do i necessary have to use cake flour
You don’t. You can use all-purpose flour but you will want to sift it, at least, twice.
I can’t wait to make this. I absolutely love Louisiana Crunch cake.
I literally am exactly you when you stated the only two desserts you like coconut in is the Louisiana Crunch Cake (which I’m currently eating hence now I arrived here) and Girl Scout Samoas.
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Yes ma’am!
Awesome! Procedure for louisiana crunch cake recipe, It looks easy and simple procedure to make delicious cake, Thank you for sharing this wonderful information.
Thank you Aish!
Delicious cake very moist everyone loved it.
TOO MUCH POWERED SUGAR FOR THE GLAZE!!!! OUR “ GLAZE” CAN HAVE BRICKS STICK TOGETHER FOR A HOUSE! THE CAKE BURNT! OVEN BRUNT BUTTER GONE!!
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