Four-Layer Coconut Cake

Name: Four-Layer Coconut Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 355 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters coconut shavings; 170 grams package frozen flaked coconut, thawed; 2 teaspoons coconut extract; 5 larges eggs; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters milk; 59 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 631 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 473 milliliters whipping cream

Four-Layer Coconut Cake is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 16. One serving contains 563 calories, 6g of protein, and 36g of fat. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have sugar, butter, powdered sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Mother's Day. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 40

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Oven

Beat first 6 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until well blended.

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Hand Mixer

Add extracts, beating well.

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Stir in flaked coconut.

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Coconut Flakes

Egg

Pour batter into 4 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.

Bake at 400 for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.

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Remove from pans to wire racks, and let cool 1 hour or until completely cool.

Meanwhile, reduce oven temperature to 35

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Oven

Arrange coconut shavings in a single layer in a shallow pan.

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Coconut

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Frying Pan

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted, stirring occasionally.

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Oven

Spread Coconut Filling between layers, leaving a 1-inch border. Beat whipping cream at high speed until foamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until soft peaks form.

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Powdered Sugar