When Valentine’s Day sneaks up faster than expected, panic-buying a bouquet or last box of drugstore chocolates just won’t do, especially if you’re shopping for someone who appreciates beauty and flavor. Enter Ina’s Coconut Cake, the snow-white, swoon-worthy dessert from Ina Garten’s legendary Barefoot Contessa kitchen, available for nationwide delivery via Goldbelly. It’s indulgent, delicious, elegant and ships right to your door in a gorgeous baby blue box that feels every bit as celebratory as the occasion itself.
This isn’t just any coconut cake. The multi-layered sponge is cloud-soft and generously slathered with tangy cream-cheese icing and blanketed in white shredded coconut and perfumed with just a hint of almond extract. Baked fresh in East Hampton, New York (of course) the cake has earned rave reviews for its taste and centerpiece-worthy appearance.
Goldbelly makes it so easy to pull off this grand romantic gesture at the eleventh hour. The cake ships frozen with dry ice to ensure it arrives in pristine condition. Available in two sizes (a 6-inch cake serving six to eight or an 8-inch version for larger celebrations), it works just as beautifully for an intimate dinner for two as it does for a Galentine’s gathering or family dinner.
If you want to make the surprise even sweeter, you can add Ina’s memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens (one of the best memoirs of 2024) to your order. The bestselling book chronicles Ina’s unlikely leap from writing nuclear-energy budgets in Washington to buying a tiny specialty shop called Barefoot Contessa and ultimately becoming one of the most trusted and beloved names in American cooking.
This coconut cake is one of Ina’s most elegant, holiday-worthy treats and if you don’t have time to bake it yourself, Goldbelly saves the day here. So if you’re still empty-handed, skip the day-of grocery store flowers and average chocolate boxes. This elegant coconut cake is one unique, grand romantic save.
