Italian Cream Cake

Name: 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; 79 milliliters butter, softened; 1 Tbsp butter; 2 teaspoons cake flour; 227 grams cups cake flour (about; 1 teaspoon coconut extract; 6 larges egg whites; 2 larges egg yolks; 296 milliliters granulated sugar; 237 milliliters low-fat buttermilk; 59 milliliters finely chopped pecans, toasted; 828 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

The recipe Italian Cream Cake could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in around 45 minutes. This recipe serves 16. One serving contains 304 calories, 5g of protein, and 8g of fat. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Not If you have vanillan extract, cake flour, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare cake, coat bottoms of 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray (do not coat sides of pans). Line bottoms of pans with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray, and dust with 2 teaspoons flour; set aside.

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Cooking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Wax Paper

Place 1/3 cup butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add granulated sugar, beating well.

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Granulated Sugar

Butter

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Blender

Bowl

Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

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Egg Yolk

Lightly spoon 2 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine 2 cups flour, baking soda, and salt; stir well.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in pecans, coconut extract, and 1 teaspoon vanilla.

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Coconut Extract

Buttermilk

Vanilla

Butter

Pecans

All Purpose Flour

Beat egg whites with a mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form (do not overbeat). Fold egg whites into batter; pour batter into prepared pans.

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Egg Whites

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Blender

Bake at 350 for 23 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen cake layers from sides of pans; remove from pans.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Remove and discard wax paper. Cool completely.

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Wax Paper

To prepare frosting, place 1 tablespoon butter and cream cheese in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until smooth (do not overbeat).

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Powdered Sugar