Hot Milk Cake with Broiled Coconut Frosting + VIDEO (Lazy Daisy)

This Hot Milk Cake with Broiled Coconut Frosting — also known as a Lazy Daisy Cake — is a super moist vanilla cake covered in a crunchy, toasted coconut topping. It’s one of my favorite cakes of all time! Includes a step by step recipe video.

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It’s funny to me because I know my share of people who don’t enjoy coconut, but I just can’t understand it. Some of my favorite treats are loaded with coconut: Coconut Cream Pie Ice Cream, this Coconut Date Pudding Cake (excuse the terrible photos!) or this Gluten-Free Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

I guess I can see why some people wouldn’t enjoy it shredded and straight out of the bag (I don’t particularly either), but perfectly toasted coconut is like candy to me. There’s not much better than that!

There is an ice cream place we frequent in the summertime here that has a toasted coconut cone dip, and …