Coconut Almond White Cake Recipes

COCONUT-ALMOND WHITE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line the bottom of a 15x10x1-inch pan with parchment paper.
• Sift cake flour, baking powder, and salt together 3 times in a bowl.
• Beat egg whites using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until foamy. Add 1/2 of the total amount of sugar gradually; continue to beat until soft peaks form.
• Beat butter using an electric mixer in a separate bowl until creamy. Gradually add remaining sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture alternately with coconut milk and almond milk in small amounts at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Mix in flaked coconut, almonds, almond extract, coconut extract, and vanilla extract. Add egg white-sugar mixture and beat thoroughly into batter. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes; remove cake and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• While cake continues to cool, beat butter, salt, vanilla extract, almond extract, and coconut extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add powdered sugar to butter mixture alternately with coconut milk, beating until smooth. Frost cooled cake.

ALMOND COCONUT 3-LAYER CAKE WITH COCONUT FROSTING

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour three (8-inch) cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry; set aside.
• In another bowl, cream butter, Crisco and sugar until fluffy (about 4-5 minutes).
• Add in yolks (one at a time) beating well after each addition.
• In a bowl, sift flour and baking soda together.
• Add to the egg yolk mixture alternating with buttermilk.
• Add in coconut and nuts; beat well.
• Fold in beaten egg whites with a spatula.
• Divide the batter evenly between the three cake pans.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• Place the pans on a wire rack to cool.
• Run a dinner knife around the edges of each layer, and invert each onto a rack, then invert them again onto another rack so layers are right side up.
• Allow to cool completely before frosting.
• For frosting: Cream together the cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
• Gradually beat in the powdered sugar (this takes about 5 minutes).
• To achieve the spreading consistency you desire, you may need to add 2-3 tablespoons of half and half cream and 1-1/2 cups of ADDITIONAL powdered sugar.
• Stir in 3/4 cup coconut and 3/4 cups pecans.
• Frost and fill cake.
• Sprinkle the top with reserved coconut.