Flour Farm’s Gluten Free Coconutty Frosting
Our all-time favorite frosting contains two stand out ingredients: coconut and pecans. Yes! Our gluten free Coconutty Frosting graces our decadent gluten free German Chocolate Cake turning it into an amazing dessert for any occasion. Why the stellar review? The first time I made this frosting, Dave could not stop eating it out of the bowl with a spoon. I had to swat him away to save enough for the cake!
What makes this recipe so special?
For starters, this recipe contains less sugar than the original recipe that we adapted from Cooks Illustrated (bonus!) We also use unsweetened, organic shredded coconut and organic raw pecans that we toast until fragrant. However, what makes this GF coconutty frosting a total knock out is our homemade evaporated milk, (also called unsweetened evaporated milk.) It’s so EASY to make. We prefer our ingredients without carrageenan and other naughty bits. Most brands of evaporated milk contain additives that we want to avoid.
Make Your Own Unsweetened Evaporated Milk
To view a tutorial by Jessie Oleson Moore, (Bluprint,) on how to make your own evaporated milk, click on the link. One direction that I would like to add: pour 355 ml (12 fl oz or 1 1/2 C) of milk into the pan and then place a wooden spoon in the milk. Mark the spoon with a line where the surface of the milk rests. Then add the rest of the milk to the pan. Using this method, you don’t have to guess when the milk has reduced to the amount you require. Brilliant!! You may also make evaporated milk in your slow cooker. For directions, click here.
Tips
If you are a small family like ours, halve the recipe if you also plan to halve the cake recipe to create one round or a square cake. In addition, make the condensed milk up to a week ahead of time and purchase roasted, unsalted pecans to save assembly time.
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Peace & LOVE – Teri
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– Teri & Dave
Recipe Inspiration: Teri’s Birthday! And a little help from Cook’s Illustrated; Photos by DuPree Productions; Recipe updated 4.20 for clarity
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Flour Farm’s GF Coconutty Frosting
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 16 servings 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
This recipe will generously frost one 9×13″ single layer cake or the middle and top layers of a two layer cake. Halve the recipe if desired.
Ingredients
Choose Gluten Free, Non-GMO & Organic Ingredients.
Substitutions: Do you need to swap out an ingredient? Click here.
Note: If clicking the 2X or 3X scale boxes to the right, please know that weights listed in parentheses below may or may not change. Please take care to check amounts if increasing the recipe.
Frosting
- 4 Large Pasture Raised Egg Yolks (72g)
- 355 ml (12 fl oz) Evaporated Whole Milk – also called unsweetened condensed milk (1 1/2 C)
- 100g (3.5 oz) Light Brown Cane Sugar (packed 1/2 C)
- 100g (3.5 oz) Cane Sugar (1/2 C)
- 85g (3 oz) Salted Butter (6 T)
- 1/8 tsp Extra Fine Pink Himalayan Salt (1g)
- 2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract (10 ml)
- 170g (6 oz) Unsweetened Shredded Coconut, medium shred (2 C)
- 170g (6 oz) Raw Pecans, toasted and finely chopped (1.5 C)
Instructions
Equipment: Digital Scale (preferred), Medium Sauce Pan, Mixing Bowl, Whisk, Mixing Spoon, Measuring Spoons & Cups, Baking Sheet, Knife and Cutting Board, Unbleached Parchment
Before You Dive In – Prep: Please read!
- Bring eggs to room temperature
- Toast nuts & cool (bake in a single layer on a baking sheet in the center of the oven at 350 F/177 C for 8 minutes)
- Finely chop nuts
- Prepare homemade evaporated milk, if using. If refrigerated, bring to room temperature
Step 1: In a medium sauce pan, whisk together the egg yolks.
Step 2: Slowly whisk in the evaporated milk.
Step 3: Add in sugars, butter and salt. Whisk constantly while cooking over medium heat until mixture is boiling, frothy and slightly thickened. This takes about 5-6 minutes. Adjust temperature if necessary.
Step 4: Remove mixture from the heat and transfer to a medium sized bowl. Whisk in the vanilla. Stir in the coconut.
Step 5: Cool on the counter until warm and then cover with a tight fitting lid and store in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours and up to 3 days. Add in chopped pecans before frosting your cake.
Enjoy!
Notes
Helpful tip: If the frosting is cold, allow it to sit at room temperature for about 45 minutes before adding pecans.
The nutrition information provided below is for the recipe as written. Each serving weighs about 56g or 2 ounces.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: hrosting
- Method: heat
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 oz
- Calories: 260
- Sugar: 16g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 60mg
Keywords: gluten free coconutty frosting
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this was fabulous! And different! And easy! Saving this recipe for sure – thanks much!!