Toasted-Coconut Layer Cake

Name: Toasted-Coconut Layer Cake
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 532 milliliters sifted cake flour (not self-rising); 0 teaspoons cream of tartar; 3 larges egg whites; 2 larges eggs, at room temperature; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 Dash salt; 315 milliliters sugar, divided; 355 milliliters sugar; 79 milliliters sweetened dried coconut; 473 milliliters sweetened dried coconut; 118 milliliters (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened; 13 1/2- or 14-ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Toasted-Coconut Layer Cake a try. This recipe serves 16. One portion of this dish contains approximately 4g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 323 calories. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have baking powder, sugar, cream of tartar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Instructions

Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 35

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Oven

Coat 2 (9- x 1 1/2-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray. Dust with flour; shake out excess, and set aside.

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Cooking Spray

All Purpose Flour

Shake

Place 1 cup sugar and 1/3 cup coconut in a food processor; process until coconut is finely ground.

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Coconut

Sugar

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Food Processor

Transfer to a large deep bowl.

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Bowl

Add butter and remaining 1/3 cup sugar to bowl; beat with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

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

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Egg

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl. Reduce mixer speed to low.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Blender

Bowl

Add flour mixture alternately with coconut milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat in vanilla. Evenly divide batter between the 2 prepared pans.

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Coconut Milk

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Bake cakes until a wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean (about 35 minutes). Leave oven on. Cool cakes in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto wire rack; cool completely.

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Toothpicks

Wire Rack

Oven

Place coconut on a large baking sheet; toast until golden brown (about 10 minutes), stirring twice.

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Coconut

Toast

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Baking Sheet

Place egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar, and salt in a large deep heatproof bowl set over about 1 1/2 inches of simmering water; beat with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until peaks form when beaters are lifted (about 7 minutes).

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Cream Of Tartar

Egg Whites