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Jamie's Coconut Cake
from Paula Deen
Categories
cake, dessert
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Ingredients
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Basic 1-2-3-4 Cake with coconut milk
o 2 sticks butter, at room temperature
o 2 cups sugar
o 4 eggs
o 3 cups sifted self-rising flour
o 1 cup coconut milk
o 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
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Filling
o 3/4 cup sugar
o 1 cup sour cream
o 4 tablespoons milk
o 1/2 cup flaked, sweetened coconut
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7-Minute Frosting
o 1 1/2 cups sugar
o 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar or 1 tablespoon white corn syrup
o 1/8 teaspoon salt
o 1/3 cup water
o 2 egg whites
o 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
o 2 to 3 cups coconut, flaked and sweetened
o Artificial holly, optional garnish
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Instructions
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Cake
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) cake
pans.
2. Using an electric mixer, cream butter until fluffy. Add sugar
and continue to cream well for 6 to 8 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a
time, beating well after each addition. Add flour and coconut
milk alternately to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with
flour. Add vanilla and continue to beat until just mixed. Divide
batter equally among prepared pans. Level batter in each pan by
holding pan 3 or 4-inches above counter, then dropping it flat
onto counter. Do this several times to release air bubbles and
assure you of a more level cake. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or
until done. Cool in pans 5 to 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto
cooling racks.
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Filling
1. Stir together sugar, sour cream, milk, and coconut in a bowl
until well blended. Add first cake layer onto pedestal. Using
the wrong end of a wooden spoon, poke holes approximately 1-inch
apart until entire cake has been poked. Spread a third of
filling mixture on cake layer. Top with second layer, repeat
process. Top with last layer and repeat process again.
2. Cook's Note: As each layer is stacked, stick them with
toothpicks to prevent cake from shifting.
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Frosting
1. Place sugar, cream of tartar or corn syrup, salt, water, and egg
whites in the top of a double boiler. Beat with a handheld
electric mixer for 1 minute. Place pan over boiling water, being
sure that boiling water does not touch the bottom of the top
pan. Beat constantly on high speed with electric mixer for 7
minutes. Beat in vanilla. Frost the top and sides of the cake.
Sprinkle top and sides of cake with coconut. Garnish with
artificial holly, if desired.
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*Ginny Butterfield
Cranberry Twp, PA
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