Copycat Tom Cruise White Chocolate Coconut Bundt Cake

My new Copycat Tom Cruise White Chocolate Coconut Bundt Cake is a particularly delicious, moist, and flavorful copycat recipe of the well-known Doan’s Bakery White Chocolate Coconut Bundt Cake Tom sends to all of his buddies at Christmas. The catch? My mannequin doesn’t worth $130 and, in line with my kids, it’s larger than the distinctive! I can’t argue with that!

Be sure to strive the overall video tutorial underneath!

The Tom Cruise Cake

Have you ever ever heard regarding the viral Tom Cruise cake? It’s a white chocolate coconut cake from Doan’s Bakery – a cake so delicious, Tom apparently presents it to all of his buddies at Christmas. In actuality, quite a few of those said buddies have talked about it on social media and communicate reveals. The world of foodies hasn’t stopped talking about it, nonetheless many people aren’t attempting it. Why? On account of ordering the true deal has a hefty ticket on it: virtually $130.

Lucky for me, I acquired my palms on quite a few slices thanks for a pal who had it delivered for her birthday!

The distinctive Doan’s Bakery mannequin of this cake is described on the Goldbelly site as:

“The White Chocolate Coconut Cake is Doan’s most well-known creation and for good goal. They start with a hoop of moist, luxurious coconut bundt cake, mix in chunks of sweet white chocolate, layer on rich cream cheese frosting, after which mud it all through with toasted coconut flakes. The result is a delicious, pillowy cake okay to derail the strictest Hollywood diets.”

I was eager to try this well-known cake, nonetheless was sadly left underwhelmed. (Granted, I do know the cake had been shipped, nonetheless I nonetheless had extreme hopes.)

My Evaluation of the Doan’s White Chocolate Coconut Bundt Cake

Okay, precise communicate – I fashion examined the Doan’s cake on Instagram tales remaining week and had a tricky time hiding my lack of delight for this cake. Proper right here’s why:

• The cake itself lacked coconut style. To me, it tasted additional like a dense yellow cake.
• The define says the cake has white chocolate chunks, nonetheless I not at all tasted one.
• I did assume the cake was fairly moist, which acquired it some elements. (After finding out the define, we’re in a position to thank the bitter cream for that.)
• The buttercream was great duper sweet and had a sturdy cream cheese style. I felt favor it overpowered the cake.

After tasting the true deal, I questioned if I could make a additional flavorful, additional moist cake – one which resembles the distinctive mannequin, nonetheless takes it up a notch.

White Chocolate Coconut Bundt Cake

It took me quite a few rounds of experiment to get the texture and style I wanted. Throughout the first spherical, the cake was too fluffy and ethereal. Throughout the second spherical, the cake was too dense. Throughout the third spherical the texture was good and the flavour was utterly on stage.

Proper right here’s a check out what I did:

• For fat and style throughout the cake, I used half half coconut milk and half half buttermilk.
• I moreover added coconut emulsion to the cake to bolster the coconut style (be at liberty to substitute with coconut extract).
• Instead of chunks of white chocolate, I used melted chocolate, which supplies the cake added richness.
• After pouring the batter into the pan, I topped the underside of the cake with toasted coconut after which toffee objects (as an alternative of white chocolate chunks just like the distinctive – I most popular the additional caramelized style the toffee supplies).
• Throughout the buttercream, I used a mix of butter and cream cheese, nonetheless not an extreme quantity of cream cheese that it might overpower the other flavors.
• I moreover added coconut emulsion to the buttercream.

You’ll see how fluffy and clear that cake batter is above, correct? It’s so flavorful, so moist, and just so delicious! Merely do this shut up underneath!

How Do I Retailer This Cake?

When you want to make this cake ahead of time, you’ll want to let the cake cool completely after which wrap it in plastic wrap and freeze it. Sooner than serving, let it thaw for about 4 hours after which frost with the buttercream.

Simple strategies to Make the Tom Cruise Coconut Bundt Cake: Video Tutorial