Fresh Orange Italian Cream Cake

Name: Fresh Orange Italian Cream Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 710 milliliters Pecan-Cream Cheese Frosting; 5 larges eggs, separated; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 16 servings Fresh Orange Curd; 118 milliliters shortening; 473 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters sweetened flaked coconut; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract

Fresh Orange Italian Cream Cake might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. This recipe makes 16 servings with 624 calories, 5g of protein, and 27g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up flour, pecan-cream cheese frosting, buttermilk, and a few other things to make it today. Not a lot of people really liked this dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. e. Italian Ice Cream}.

Instructions

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

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Shortening

Butter

Sugar

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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; beat until blended.

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Vanilla

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

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Coconut Flakes

Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Pop

Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into batter.

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Egg Whites

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

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

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Oven

Spread 3/4 cup chilled Fresh Orange Curd between layers; spread remaining Fresh Orange Curd on top of cake. (The Fresh Orange Curd layer on top of cake will be very thick.) If desired, loosely cover cake, and chill 8 hours. (Chilling the cake with the curd between the layers helps keep the layers in place and makes it much easier to spread the frosting.)

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Frosting

Orange

Spread

Spread 3 cups Pecan-Cream Cheese Frosting on sides of cake, reserving remaining frosting for another use.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

Frosting

Spread

Pecans

Sprinkle 1/2 cup toasted coconut over top of cake, if desired. Arrange Glazed Pecan Halves around top edge of cake, if desired. Store in refrigerator until ready to serve. Arrange Boxwood Garland around bottom edge of cake before serving, if desired.

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Pecan Halves

Coconut