Shelly's Recipe

CREAM CHEESE-COCONUT-PECAN POUND CAKE

Category: Cakes

1 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, softened
3 cups sugar
6 large eggs
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup bourbon
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
1/2 cup shredded coconut
Powdered Sugar Glaze (optional), recipe follows

Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until the yellow yolk disappears.

Sift together flour and salt, add to butter mixture alternately with bourbon, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat batter at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla, pecans, and coconut. Pour batter into a greased and floured 12-cup tube pan.

Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 1 hour and 35 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from pan, cool completely on wire rack. Serves 10 to 12

Powdered Sugar Glaze
2 cups powdered sugar
3 to 4 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Stir together 2 cups powdered sugar, 3 tbsp milk, and 1 tsp vanilla extract until smooth, adding another 1 tbsp milk, if necessary, for desired consistency.