Coconut Sheet Cake
Coconut sheet cake is a moist, single-layer dessert featuring a tender crumb infused with coconut milk and topped with a rich coconut frosting. Its primary ingredients include flour, sugar, eggs, coconut milk, and shredded coconut, often finished with a creamy coconut-pecan or buttercream topping. While popular across the American South, it has broader appeal in many tropical and subtropical regions where coconut is a staple ingredient.
🍽️ Nutrition at a glance
This is a high-carb and high-fat dessert, providing quick energy primarily from sugars and fats. A single serving offers a notable amount of saturated fat from coconut and some dietary fiber, with a calorie count typically ranging from 350 to 450 kcal.
Nutrition breakdown
| Calories | 350 kcal |
| Protein | 3.5 g |
| Carbs | 45 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 32 g |
| Sodium | 280 mg |
| Saturated Fat | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 35 mg |
| Iron | 1.5 mg |
| Calcium | 40 mg |
| Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | 0.1 mg |
| Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 0.05 mg |
| Phosphorus | 60 mg |
| Magnesium | 15 mg |
Per 1 piece (approx. 80 g) · estimated, varies by recipe
💡 What's interesting
The cake is a great example of a 'sheet cake'—a practical, crowd-pleasing format designed for easy baking and serving at gatherings. Nutritionally, the use of coconut provides a distinct flavor and a source of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), a type of fat metabolized differently than many other fats.
