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Hawaiian Coconut Cake




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients





CAKE:
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour, sifted
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup coconut milk

FROSTING AND FILLING:
2 1/2 cups sour cream
2 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups coconut (flaked)

*For frosting part you will also need 8 oz whipped topping and 1/2 cup of cream of coconut.

Recipe



CAKE:
Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 2 cups sugar, beating well. Add eggs 1 at a time beating until blended after each addtition.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in flavorings. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9" round cakepans.

Bake at 350 degrees (325 for dark pans) for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean when inserted in the center of cake. Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool on wire racks.

Combine 2 Tablespoons sugar with coconut milk, heat in microwave for 30 seconds and stir to dissolve sugar. Brush each layer with the coconut mixture.

FROSTING AND FILLING:

Stir sour cream, sugar, extract and coconut in a bowl, mix well (mixture will be thin). RESERVE one cup for later.

Put bottom cake layer on cake plate and frost with filling, add the second layer and repeat, top with last layer. Add 8 oz whipped topping and 1/2 cup cream of coconut to reserved frosting. Frost top and sides; add additional coconut to top and sides as well. Refrigerate for several hours before serving.