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Classic Coconut Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/3 c. loosely packed sweetened flaked coconut
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
2 c. sugar
1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
5 large egg yolks, room temperature
4 large egg whites, room temperature

Frosting:
3 1/2 c. powdered sugar
One 8-oz. package Philadelphia cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. sweetened flaked coconut
Directions:
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 9-inch cake pans. Mix flour and coconut in medium bowl. Whisk buttermilk and baking soda in small bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg yolks and beat to blend. Add flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk mixture in 2 additions, beating just to blend after each addition. Beat egg whites and 11/4 tsp. salt in another large bowl until peaks form. Add 1/3 of egg white mixture to batter; fold into batter just to blend. Fold in remaining egg white mixture in 2 additions. Divide batter between pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool cakes in pans.

Frosting: With electric mixer, beat sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in large bowl until blended. Place 1 cake layer on plate and spread with 1 cup frosting. Place second layer on top of first and spread top and sides of cake with remaining frosting. Sprinkle some coconut on top and pat some on sides of cake, Refrigerate cake after the first day.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
12
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 minutes plus baking
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe is from the Hominy Grill in Charleston, SC. My five high school girl friends and I enjoyed a wonderful week in Charleston during the flower garden shows the spring of 2011. Coconut cake is a southern delicacy. It's very important that the chilled ingredients are room temperature prior to mixing. The blending will be creamier and the cake will be lighter and more tender.

 

 

 

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