Tom Cruise Cake Recipe

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

1 hr 25 mins

Additional Time:

2 hrs 20 mins

Total Time:

3 hrs 45 mins

Servings:

14

Yield:

1 (10-inch) Bundt cake

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This “Tom Cruise Cake,” inspired by the decadent dessert the movie star famously sends as a holiday gift, is as irresistible as it gets. The buttery sour cream pound cake features white chocolate chips and sweetened coconut flakes and is topped with a cream cheese frosting — what’s not to love?

What Is Tom Cruise Cake?

The famous “Tom Cruise Cake” is a white chocolate-coconut Bundt cake from Doan’s Bakery in California.

Every year, Tom Cruise gifts the decadent cake to his closest friends for the holidays. The cake achieved worldwide notoriety after one of those friends, a little known actor named Tom Hanks, said it’s one of his favorite foods of all time.

"This cake is so great, you can really only have it once a year,” according to Hanks. “This is just off-the-scale fantastic.”

a low angle view looking at a copy cat tom cruise coconut bundt cake with a slice removed and plated in the foreground. — Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

Tom Cruise Cake Ingredients

These are the simple ingredients you’ll need to make the famous Tom Cruise cake at home:

For the cake: all-purpose flour, salt, baking powder, white sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla and coconut extracts, sour cream, sweetened flaked coconut, and white chocolate chips
For the frosting: cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract, salt, powdered sugar, heavy cream, and sweetened flaked coconut

How to Make Tom Cruise Cake

You’ll find the full, step-by-step Tom Cruise Cake recipe below — but here are a few professional tips and tricks from test kitchen experts to keep in mind:

Finely chop the white chocolate if you don’t want caramelized chunks of chocolate in the cake.
Double the coconut extract if you want a stronger coconut flavor.
This cake is usually shipped frozen to recipients from a bakery in LA. Refrigerate your cake overnight to help the frosting set and get a similar eating experience.

How to Store Tom Cruise Cake

Since Tom Cruise cake is topped with cream cheese frosting, it shouldn’t stay at room temperature for more than two hours. Cover the cake and store it in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Can You Freeze Tom Cruise Cake?

You can freeze unfrosted Tom Cruise Cake for up to three months. Simply wrap the cooled cake in at least one layer of storage wrap, then at least one layer of foil. Thaw in the fridge overnight and frost according to the recipe.

Editorial contributions by Corey Williams

Ingredients

Cake:

3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for flouring the pan
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups white sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
6 large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 cup sour cream
2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
1 cup white chocolate chips

Frosting:

4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 ½ cups sweetened flaked coconut

Directions

Gather all ingredients.

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To make the coconut cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.

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Combine flour, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl; set aside.

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Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in whole eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla extracts, coconut extract, and sour cream: beat until combined.

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Add flour mixture and mix until just combined; fold in flaked coconut and white chocolate chips.

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Pour batter into the prepared pan and use the back of a spoon to spread batter evenly.

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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 25 minutes. Allow cake to cool in the pan for 20 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely, about 2 hours more.

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To make the frosting: Add cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and salt to a medium bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar and slowly mix until incorporated. Add cream and beat until light and fluffy, about 1 or 2 minutes.

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Frost the top and sides of the cake; lightly press coconut evenly around the outside.

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)

707	Calories
34g	Fat
99g	Carbs
6g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 14
Calories 707
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 34g	43%
Saturated Fat 22g	111%
Cholesterol 80mg	27%
Sodium 249mg	11%
Total Carbohydrate 99g	36%
Dietary Fiber 3g	10%
Total Sugars 74g
Protein 6g	11%
Vitamin C 0mg	0%
Calcium 83mg	6%
Iron 2mg	10%
Potassium 185mg	4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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