Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, coconut cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Coconut Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Coconut Cake is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook coconut cake using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Coconut Cake:
- Prepare FOR THE CAKE:
- Take egg whites, room temperature
- Get milk
- Get unsalted butter, softened
- Get granulated sugar
- Get vanilla extract
- Make ready almond extract
- Take cake flour
- Make ready baking powder
- Take kosher salt
- Make ready shredded, sweetened coconut
- Prepare FOR THE FROSTING:
- Make ready unsalted butter, softened
- Get each) cream cheese softened
- Make ready powdered sugar
- Get heavy cream
- Make ready shredded, sweetened coconut
Instructions to make Coconut Cake:
- Whisk together the egg whites and 1/4 cup of the milk in a small bowl until slightly combined. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar, vanilla and almond extracts for 2 minutes on medium speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add in dry ingredients and mix until combined. Beat in egg white mixture until fully blended. Add in remaining milk and beat for 3-4 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Fold in coconut.
- Spray two 9-inch cake pans with baking spray. Pour batter into pans and bake in a 350-degree oven for 26-28 minutes. Remove and cool completely on wire rack. (next step is for frosting)
- Beat butter and cream cheese for 3 minutes using whisk attachment on an electric mixer. Add in powdered sugar and heavy cream. Beat an additional 4-5 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- To assemble, place one layer of cake on a cake stand. Add a large amount of frosting to top and smooth with an offset spatula. Top with second layer of cake. Apply frosting to entire cake. To add the coconut to the top and sides of cake, place cake stand on a baking sheet (to help catch excess coconut). Fill hand with coconut and press gently into sides of cake. Repeat until desired amount of coconut applied. ENJOY!
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