Caramel Italian Cream Cake

Name: Caramel Italian Cream Cake
Prep time: 2 h 25 min
Cook time: 2 h 25 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters firmly packed dark brown sugar; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 710 milliliters shaved coconut; 5 larges eggs, separated; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 355 milliliters granulated sugar; 237 milliliters finely chopped pecans; 118 milliliters shortening; 237 milliliters sweetened flaked coconut; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract

Caramel Italian Cream Cake might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 553 calories, 7g of protein, and 33g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12. It works best as a dessert, and is done in about 2 hours and 25 minutes. Head to the store and pick up shortening, granulated sugar, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Place shaved coconut in a single layer in a shallow pan.

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Coconut

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Frying Pan

Place pecans in a second shallow pan.

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Pecans

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Frying Pan

Bake coconut and pecans at the same time 5 to 7 minutes or until coconut is toasted and pecans are lightly toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through.

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Coconut

Pecans

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Oven

Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add granulated and brown sugars, beating well.

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Shortening

Butter

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Hand Mixer

Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.

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Egg Yolk

Add vanilla, beating until blended.

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Vanilla

Combine flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in pecans and 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut.

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Sweetened Coconut Flakes

Baking Soda

Buttermilk

Butter

Pecans

All Purpose Flour

Beat egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form, and fold into batter.

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Egg Whites

Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.

Bake at 350 for 23 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely (about 1 hour).

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Prepare Quick Caramel Frosting. Immediately spread frosting between layers and on top of cake.

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Frosting