How can one overlook the sweetness and richness of cakes, especially when you combine coconut milk into the cakes, making them even more delicious? Together with the Cooking Tips section of TasteVN, let’s explore 30+ easy-to-make cake recipes with coconut milk that are incredibly tasty!
1 Coconut Milk Sponge Cake
The first cake that surely anyone can make, even if you are not very skilled in the kitchen, you can rest assured, it is the coconut milk sponge cake coconut milk.
With just simple, easy-to-find ingredients and a little meticulousness from your hands, you will have a fragrant, fluffy cake.
The cake is soft, sweet and rich with a faint aroma of coconut milk. Especially, you should enjoy it while it’s still hot; this way, the cake will be even more delicious!
2 Steamed Rice Cake
When it comes to dishes made from coconut milk, the steamed rice cake cannot be missed from today’s list. Besides, you can also make this cake using just a steamer to have a dish for the whole family.
These little steamed rice cakes are colorful and eye-catching. The outer layer of the cake has a slight sheen; when you take a bite, you will feel the chewy, soft texture along with the rich flavor of coconut milk and the refreshing taste of rock sugar.
You can enjoy this dish with a bit of cooked coconut milk, making it even richer and more fragrant!
3 Pork Skin Cake
Another traditional cake that TasteVN wants to share with you in the kitchen is the pork skin cake.
The pork skin cake is chewy and soft with two alternating layers. First is the fatty taste of coconut milk mixed with the fragrant, slightly sweet flavor of palm leaves, followed by the soft, buttery layer of mung beans.
All these flavors blend together, making you want to eat endlessly, you won’t be able to stop.
4 Coconut Sticky Rice Cake
Have you ever heard of coconut sticky rice cake? Let me tell you, once you try this cake, you will find it hard to resist!
The coconut sticky rice cake is chewy and smooth with a sticky rice flour that is sweet and fragrant, topped with thick, creamy coconut milk that is both rich and salty, making it incredibly delicious.
In addition, you can also make the coconut sticky rice cake in a fried version that is just as tasty. The golden, crispy outer layer has a fragrant sesame aroma, while the inside remains soft, sweet, and rich.
5 Pandan Leaf Coconut Cake
The pandan leaf coconut cake will make you fall in love at first sight with its incredibly cute appearance.
The round steamed cake has the distinctive green color of pandan leaves, served with rich, thick coconut milk, topped with shredded coconut and peanuts that add a crunchy texture.
Or you can try the pandan leaf cake in a “crepe” version that is fried to a crisp, while keeping a moderately soft texture with a hint of sweetness and richness from the coconut milk and pandan leaves. This snack is truly “the best of the best”!
6 Banana Cake with Coconut Milk
Banana and coconut milk make a perfect pair, especially when you are unsure what cake to make today. Rest assured, there are plenty of recipes for this cake!
You can steam bananas and mix them with flour, then drizzle coconut milk on top. Or mix bananas and coconut milk with cassava, glutinous rice flour, or wheat flour and then bake it.
The result will make you fall in love with the smooth cake layer, sweet bananas combined with the rich taste of coconut milk, leaving a lingering flavor on your tongue that is hard to forget.
7 Sweet steamed rice cakes with coconut milk
You have eaten many savory rice cakes, but have you tried all the types of sweet rice cakes? If not, the following recipes will help diversify and enrich your home menu!
Sweet rice cakes after steaming emit a fragrant aroma, the cakes are soft, smooth, and chewy, and each bite will have you praising them.
To make the cakes even more delicious, you can add mashed mung beans on top, then drizzle more coconut milk, sprinkle some peanuts, and enjoy them until the plate is “clean”!
8 Coconut milk cakes
The square, small coconut milk cakes are covered with grated coconut on the outside. The cakes are soft and melt in your mouth with each bite.
Especially, the cakes are best served cold, as they set to create a chewy texture, with the grated coconut bringing a sweet, refreshing taste combined with the rich coconut milk flavor. What are you waiting for? Let’s make them right away!
9 Phuc Linh cake
Phuc Linh cake is one of the cakes often seen during festive occasions, but now you can make this cake yourself to enjoy whenever you crave it, using just simple ingredients.
The cake has a light aroma from coconut milk, and when you take a bite, you will feel the starchy flavor from the glutinous rice melting in your mouth, along with a hint of flavor from the pandan leaves.
To make the cake more delicious, you should enjoy the cake with hot tea to balance the bitter taste of the tea with the rich flavor of the cake!
10 Taro Cake with Coconut Milk
On hot sunny days, nothing is better than indulging in a refreshing and fragrant taro cake with coconut milk.
The cake is soft and chewy with a cool sweetness from the taro combined with the rich creamy taste of coconut milk. You can sprinkle a little peanut on top to enhance the flavor and make it more enjoyable!
11 Sweet Potato Cake with Coconut Milk
If you are too “bored” with traditional ways of eating sweet potato like steaming or boiling, you can immediately try the sweet potato cake with coconut milk, which is easy to make, quick, and produces delicious results!
The sweet potato cake has a bright yellow appearance and a fragrant aroma; take a spoonful and you will immediately feel the softness of the cake. The cake has the rich flavor of sweet potato combined with the sweet and creamy taste of coconut milk.
Or if you don’t have an oven, you can shape the sweet potato dough into long pieces and then form them into circles to fry, which also tastes great!
12 Baked Mung Bean Cake with Coconut Milk
When it comes to mung beans, there are countless ways to prepare them, among which you must try the baked mung bean cake with coconut milk; that flavor is truly “the gourmet taste of the people.”
The baked mung bean cake with coconut milk is evenly golden and has a fragrant smell of mung beans. The cake is soft and smooth with a slightly chewy outer layer, combining a rich and creamy flavor that is extremely palatable.
13 Steamed Corn Cake
If you are a fan of “corn“, then you shouldn’t miss this famous steamed corn cake. A small tip to make this cake delicious is to keep the corn husks to wrap it up.
The cake after steaming is hot and fragrant with the smell of corn, and when you unwrap it, you will find the chewy part of tapioca flour mixed with sweet and crunchy corn kernels. You can dip it in coconut milk or pour it directly on top; either way, it tastes great!
14 Fried Cassava Cake with Coconut Milk
On weekends, if you want to make a dish for the family but don’t want to cook or use too many ingredients, you can start with the fried cassava cake with coconut milk!
The fried cassava cake has a similar appearance to the Chinese donut. The golden crispy outer layer, with a soft and creamy inside from the coconut milk, blends perfectly with the refreshing sweetness of the cassava.
15 Southern Sizzling Pancakes
Sizzling pancakes usually contain a lot of oil, so hearing about sizzling pancakes combined with coconut milk might make many of you worry about being too “greasy.” But don’t worry, TasteVN is sure that you will love it from the very first try.
The sizzling pancakes are thinly spread, golden yellow, crispy with the fragrant smell of green onions and rich coconut milk. Inside, the filling of meat and shrimp is seasoned just right.
Enjoy the sizzling pancakes with fresh herbs dipped in a bowl of sweet and sour dipping sauce, how could you possibly get tired of it!
16 Cassava Steamed Cake
One of the childhood cakes often sold at schools or in markets that most of us couldn’t resist during our childhood is cassava steamed cake.
The colorful strands of cassava cake are covered with grated coconut, simple yet increasingly irresistible. The cake is chewy with the nutty flavor of cassava blended with rich coconut milk.
This cake is best enjoyed with salty and sweet peanut sauce, making it absolutely delightful.
17 Cassava Cake with Coconut Milk
Another recipe with cassava is cassava cake with coconut milk, which is extremely simple to make; you just need to steam the cassava until cooked, then pour coconut milk over it and sprinkle some sesame salt on top.
The cassava is soft and warm, soaked in fragrant coconut milk. Or if you want something a bit more elaborate, you can grill the cassava cake with coconut milk and enjoy it with tea!
18 Yen’s Ear Cake
Yen’s ear cake is a rustic specialty of the Mekong Delta region. The cake has a large round shape, with a small peak in the middle resembling an ear.
The yen’s ear cake is evenly golden, with crispy edges and a soft, fragrant center from coconut milk and the rich taste of chicken egg. You can eat the cake directly or dip it in a little chili sauce for a slightly spicy and flavorful experience!
19 Sweet Tet Cake
If you belong to the “sweet tet cake” team, then this will be your paradise! The tet cakes are carefully wrapped in banana leaves, keeping the sticky rice and filling tightly together.
If you cut it open, you will see the pink banana layer inside. The outside is chewy from glutinous rice with a bit of creaminess from coconut milk. You can also wrap it with black beans to balance the flavors of the cake!
20 Bánh đúc
The hot bowls of bánh đúc with rich shrimp and meat filling, drizzled with fish sauce, always captivate many people. The cake has a moderate chewiness and the sweetness of coconut milk makes it even more delicious when paired with the salty filling.
Not only the savory bánh đúc but also the vegetarian bánh đúc is equally delicious, as you can combine the creaminess of coconut milk with the richness of taro or mung beans. Starting a day with bánh đúc is simply the best, right?
21 Bánh cuốn ngọt
Another version of the savory cake transformed into a sweet cake that you shouldn’t miss is sweet bánh cuốn.
Sweet bánh cuốn has an eye-catching appearance, with chewy skin and the richness of coconut milk mixed with pandan leaves, lá cẩm. Roll the cake with a smooth mung bean filling inside.
When eating, sprinkle a little toasted sesame on top to make the dish not only delicious but also fragrant and appealing!
22 Bánh gan
Those who hear about bánh gan for the first time might think that the main ingredient of the dish is liver, right? Not at all, as the ingredients for this cake come from very familiar things like cocoa, coconut milk, and palm sugar.
Soft and fluffy gan cake with the sweet taste of palm sugar in perfect flavor. The distinctive aroma of star anise combines with the slight bitterness of cacao and balances out with the creaminess of coconut milk; taking a bite of the cake will satisfy all your senses.
23 Coconut milk bao buns
The coconut milk bao buns are pure white, round and plump, and just looking at them makes it hard to resist. You can also use this dish on vegetarian days to curb hunger and cravings!
The dough is soft, chewy, and the inside of the bun is hot with a sweet creaminess from the coconut milk. Simple yet incredibly delicious, you might want to try making them right away!
24 In cake
The in cakes have a rich, sticky rice flour mixed with creamy coconut milk, stimulating the taste buds with every bite. Interspersed within the cake is a soft, smooth mung bean filling.
This cake will enhance its deliciousness when enjoyed with hot tea!
25 Coconut milk pudding cake
The coconut milk pudding cake features a soft, creamy, chewy layer rolled in sweet, fragrant grated coconut, providing a delightful texture. Each time you eat it, you’ll be amazed by the “explosive” flavor on your tongue.
You can also utilize a coconut to make coconut milk pudding; scooping and savoring each flavor melting in your mouth, especially on hot sunny days, this dish will be a “best seller” in your home!
26 Purple Yam Cake with Coconut Milk
Purple yam is not only used for soups or fried purple yam cakes as you usually eat. Now there is another way to prepare purple yam, which is steamed purple yam cake with coconut milk that helps retain all the most exquisite flavors.
Purple yam cake with its dreamy purple color. The cake is soft and chewy, fragrant, with the sweetness from the yam combined with the richness of coconut milk, and a bit of roasted sesame mixed in the mouth makes it even more flavorful.
27 Spiral Cake
Spiral cake is a rather unfamiliar name, but it is a very familiar specialty of the people in the Mekong Delta.
The cake has a spiral shape with vibrant colors, and after steaming, it becomes chewy with a rich flavor from coconut milk. Each cake is also mixed with colors from natural ingredients, making it even more fragrant and appealing when eaten.
28 Black Bean Cake with Coconut Milk
Let’s create a delicious dish with black beans by making black bean cake with coconut milk. The square cakes with their “mysterious” black color are the reason your whole family will compete to enjoy them!
Tasting a piece, you will feel the rich, sweet aroma from the black beans, dipping the cake into the thick, rich coconut milk makes it irresistible!
29 Pumpkin Coconut Cake
The benefits of pumpkin are no longer unfamiliar, right? This ingredient provides a lot of nutrients for the body. Therefore, pumpkin coconut cake will not only take you to experience the flavor but also take care of your health.
The pumpkin coconut cake has a bright yellow color, making it visually appealing. The cake is soft and melts in your mouth with a sweet and rich flavor from the pumpkin combined with the creamy coconut milk. The cake will taste even better when served cold!
30 Coconut Mousse Cake
The coconut mousse cake, soft and fluffy with an ivory color, will be the perfect addition to make your family’s weekend more joyful and cheerful!
The cake is soft and rich, with the cake base melting on your tongue, covered with a crunchy layer of grated coconut. The biscuit base is baked until golden and crispy, with a light buttery aroma. You can also enjoy coconut mousse cake with fresh fruits, which is delicious!
31 Honeycomb Cake
A twist on the traditional honeycomb cake with an eye-catching green layer from pandan leaves, bringing double the deliciousness!
The cake crust is fragrant, hot, and crispy; tearing the cake will reveal a soft, chewy filling with the sweetness of pandan leaves combined with the richness of coconut milk, making it irresistible.
32 Khọt Cake
A plate of hot, fragrant khọt cakes is served with a variety of fresh herbs and a bowl of sweet and sour fish sauce; who could resist?
To make the cake even more delicious and rich without being greasy, you mix coconut milk with the cake batter. This way, the cake has a more attractive color and aroma.
The cake is served with sweet and firm seafood filling along with savory scallions, making it incredibly delicious.
Hopefully, with 30+ delicious and creamy cake recipes with coconut milk, your cooking will now become easier, allowing you to showcase many new cake dishes for your family. Wishing you success in your endeavors.
