Fresh Coconut Cake
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
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1 4layer cake
ingredients
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Cake
- 177.44 ml shortening
- 354.88 ml sugar
- 3 eggs
- 591.47 ml sifted cake flour
- 12.32 ml baking powder
- 2.46 ml salt
- 4.92 ml vanilla extract
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Custard Filling
- 473.18 ml milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 118.29 ml sugar
- 78.78 ml cornstarch
- 44.37 ml orange-flavored liqueur
- 236.59 ml grated fresh coconut (I use frozen unsweetened)
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Snow Peak Frosting
- 295.73 ml light corn syrup
- 2 egg whites
- 0.25 ml salt
- 4.92 ml vanilla extract
directions
- Cream shortening and gradually add sugar; beat until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.
- Bake at 375 for 20-25 mins or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pans for 10 mins; remove from pans, and cool completely.
- Split cake layers in half horizontally to make 4 layers.
- Custard filling: Combine first 4 ingredients in a heavy saucepan; stir with wire whisk until well blended.
- Cook over medium heat stirring constantly, until thickened and smooth.
- Stir in liqueur.
- Chill mixture throughly.
- Stir in coconut.
- Snow Peak Frosting: Bring syrup to a boil.
- Combine egg whites and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until soft peaks form; continue to beat, slowly adding syrup.
- Add vanilla; continue beating until stiff peaks form and frosting is thick enough to spread.
- Spread custard filling between layers; spread top and sides with Snow Peak Frosting, and sprinkle with coconut.
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Reviews
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I wanted to point out that the cake recipe does not include milk, but the directions do and don't specify how much. The cake is beautifull, I was making it for my fiance's family because his aged Granny used to make a Southern Living coconut cake, but I paniced about the milk because it is a complicated recipe. They loved it though, thank you.
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Renee Ferraz
Prattville, AL
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