Coconut Cake with Mascarpone Frosting

Name: Coconut Cake with Mascarpone Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 591 milliliters all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 177 milliliters (1 1/2 sticks) plus 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature; 118 milliliters 1-inch-long strips shaved coconut with brown inner coating left intact (about 2 ounces; use vegetable peeler); 355 milliliters finely grated peeled fresh coconut; 4 larges eggs, room temperature; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 3 teaspoons finely grated lime peel, divided; 170 grams 3/4 cup mascarpone cheese* (about; 631 milliliters powdered sugar; 394 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 177 milliliters whole milk

Coconut Cake with Mascarpone Frosting is a vegetarian recipe with 10 servings. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 661 calories, 8g of protein, and 29g of fat. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Mother's Day. A mixture of mascarpone cheese, powdered sugar, ground cloves, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F. Line bottom of 9-inch diameter springform pan with parchment paper; butter paper and pan.

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Butter

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Baking Paper

Springform Pan

Oven

Whisk flour and baking powder in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar, 3/4 cup butter, and vanilla in large bowl until blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time.

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Baking Powder

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Add flour mixture alternately with milk in 2 additions each, beating until just blended. Stir in 1 1/2 cups finely grated coconut and 1 1/4 teaspoons lime peel.

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Desiccated Coconut

Lime Peel

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Transfer mixture to prepared pan; smooth top.

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Frying Pan

Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Cool cake in pan 20 minutes.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Cut around sides to loosen; invert onto platter. Cool completely.

Using electric mixer, beat 3 tablespoons butter, 1 1/2 teaspoons lime peel, mascarpone, and cloves in large bowl.

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Mascarpone

Lime Peel

Butter

Clove

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add powderedsugar; beat just until smooth.

Spread mascarpone frosting over top of cooled cake.

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Mascarpone

Frosting

Spread

Garnish top edge with 1/2 cup shaved coconut. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome and chill. Bring to room temperature before serving.

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Coconut