Pecan Coconut Cream Cake
 
 
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Ingredients
  • For the Cake
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened, plus 8 tbsp
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 5 eggs, separated
  • 1½ cups shredded unsweetened coconut + ½ cup for assembly
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans
  • For the Frosting
  • 200 grams cream cheese, softened
  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
  • 2½ cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup roughly chopped pecans, toasted
Instructions
  1. For the cake. Heat oven to 350°F/175°C. Butter and flour three 8" cake pans (or as in my case I have only one. I just divided the batter and baked three times). Set aside. Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Whisk buttermilk and vanilla in another bowl. Cream butter, and sugar in a bowl until fluffy, 2–3 minutes. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. On low speed, alternately add dry ingredients in 3 batches and wet ingredients in 2 batches. Increase speed to high, and beat until batter is smooth, 5–10 seconds. Whip egg whites in a bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites, coconut, and pecans into batter. Divide batter into prepared pans and smooth top with a rubber spatula; drop pans lightly on a counter to expel large air bubbles. Bake cakes until a toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean, 20–22 minutes. Let cakes cool for 20 minutes in pans; invert onto wire racks and let cool completely.
  2. For the frosting. Using a hand mixer, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. With the motor running, slowly add sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.
  3. To assemble, place one cake layer on a cake stand and spread with ⅓ cup frosting, sprinkle a generous amount of coconut; top with another layer and spread with 1/3 cup frosting and the coconut. Top with remaining layer. Pour on top the remaining frosting and sprinkle with pecans; chill cake 1 hour until frosting is firm.
Recipe by Box of Spice at https://boxofspice.com/2014/04/pecan-coconut-cream-cake/