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Franklin Baker Co.

Best known as the corporate author of Baker’s Coconut Recipes (1922), this longtime coconut company turned product promotion into a lively little cookbook. Its story began with a shipment of coconuts and grew into one of the best-known names in processed coconut products.

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Baker's Coconut Recipes

Baker's Coconut Recipes

by Franklin Baker Co.

About the author

Franklin Baker Co. is a company rather than an individual author, and it is credited as the author of Baker’s Coconut Recipes from 1922. The booklet was published under the Baker’s Coconut name and reflects the company’s early way of sharing recipes while promoting coconut as an everyday baking ingredient.

Company histories describe the business as beginning in the 1890s, after founder Franklin Baker Sr., a Philadelphia flour miller, received coconuts in place of cash and turned them into a marketable baking product. Over time, the business became closely associated with desiccated coconut and the Baker’s Coconut brand.

Because this is a corporate author, there does not appear to be a single personal portrait that fits an “About the Author” profile. A company logo and vintage product images are easy to find, but not a clear author portrait of one specific person tied to this author credit.