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Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake
Ingredients
  • subheading: FOR THE CAKE:
  • 2 sticks (8 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • ½ cup sweetened shredded coconut, plus more for sprinkling
  • 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon table salt
  • ¾ cup sweetened coconut cream, (I use Coco Lopez)
  • ½ cup unsweetened coconut milk
  • 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ teaspoon pure coconut extract, none of that blechy fake stuff
  • subheading: FOR THE FILLING:
  • ¾ cup unsweetened coconut milk
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • One (7-ounce) package sweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • subheading: FOR THE ITALIAN MERINGUE:
  • 3 large egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract
  • ½ cup cold water
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon cream of tartar
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