Double Coconut Cake With Fluffy Coconut Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon cake flour
• 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 1 (14 ounce) can light coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup sweetened flaked coconut, divided
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 dash salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 tablespoons hot water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 coat 2 (9 inch) round cake pans with cooking spray, dust with 1 tablespoon flour.
• 3 combine 2 1/4 cups flour, baking powder,and salt, stirring with a whisk.
• 4 place sugar and butter in a large bowl, beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (for about 5 minutes).
• 5 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 add flour mixture and milk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 7 stir in vanilla.
• 8 pour batter into prepared pans.
• 9 sharply tap the pans once on countertop to remove air bubbles.
• 10 bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• 11 cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks, and remove from pans.
• 12 cool completely on wire racks.
• 13 place 1 cake layer on a plate, spread with 1 cup fluffy coconut frosting.
• 14 sprinkle with 1/3 cup coconut.
• 15 top with remaining cake layer, spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake.
• 16 sprinkle with 1/3 cup coconut over top of cake.
• 17 store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.
• 18 fluffy coconut frosting:.
• 19 place egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt in a large bowl, beat with a mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form.
• 20 combine sugar and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil.
• 21 cook, without stirring, until candy thermometer registers 238 degrees.
• 22 pour hot sugar syrup in a thin steam over egg whites, beating at high speed.
• 23 stir in extracts.