Enjoy this coconut-topped cake with a fresh cup of tea or coffee for a delectable treat.

(Add toasted nuts on top, too, if you love crunch.)

Louisiana crunch cake is the perfect addition at apotluckor any other kind of gathering.

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Serve it with a cup of coffee or tea, or all by itself.

Either way, everyone is sure to come asking for seconds.

What Is a Louisiana Crunch Cake?

ingredients for Louisiana Crunch Cake

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Louisiana crunch cake is aSouthern dessert staple.

Add additional cream, a half tablespoon at a time, until the glaze reaches the desired consistency.

Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake right away, and then top it evenly with the remaining coconut.

Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake

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And if you really love coconut flavor, add some coconut extract to the batter.

Or try the recipe with coconut milk instead of heavy cream in the glaze.

Heavily grease a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray.

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Add coconut to pan:

Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the coconut around bottom of sugar-coated Bundt pan.

Cool Cake in Bundt pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.

Add remaining cream, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, until glaze reaches desired consistency.

Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake sprinkling the toasted coconut in the bottom of the pan

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Drizzle Glaze:

Immediately drizzle Glaze over cooled Cake.

Top evenly with the remaining 1/4 cup coconut.

Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake whisking together the dry ingredients

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Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake beating together the butter and sugar

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Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake adding the eggs to the batter

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Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake adding the sour cream and vanilla to the cake batter

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Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake adding the flour and buttermilk to the cake batter

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Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake batter in prepared pan before baking

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Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake after baking in the pan on a cooling rack

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Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake letting the cake cool on a cooling rack

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Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake making the glaze

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Southern Living Louisiana Crunch Cake glazing the cake and adding the topping

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