Make this elegant coconut and pecan topping for your desserts and cakes.
Coconut-Pecan Filling and Topping
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 55 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar or packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
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Step1In 2-quart saucepan, stir sugar, butter, milk, vanilla and egg yolks until well mixed. Cook over medium heat about 12 minutes, stirring frequently, until thick and bubbly.
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Step2Stir in coconut and pecans. Cool about 30 minutes, beating occasionally with spoon, until spreadable. Fills and frosts top of an 8- or 9-inch two- or three-layer cake.
Nutrition
270
Calories
19g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
23g
Total Carbohydrate
21g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 270
- Calories from Fat
- 170
- Total Fat
- 19g
- 29%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 38%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 75mg
- 25%
- Sodium
- 85mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 100mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 21g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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