Italian Cream Cake
Italian Cream Cake

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, italian cream cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Italian Cream Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Italian Cream Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook italian cream cake using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Cream Cake:
  1. Prepare 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
  2. Make ready 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter
  3. Take 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar
  4. Prepare 5 eggs, separated and at room temperature
  5. Take 2 cups (240 g) all purpose flour
  6. Prepare 1 teaspoon baking soda
  7. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  8. Get 1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
  9. Make ready 2 cups sweetened, shredded coconut
  10. Take 1 cup finely chopped pecans
  11. Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  12. Get 16 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
  13. Get 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter
  14. Take 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  15. Make ready 32 oz powdered sugar
  16. Take 1 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans (for frosting)

This glorious Italian Cream Cake is a spectacular cake, any which way you slice it. The rich thick pecan and coconut filled batter is only trumped by the decadent cream cheese frosting. Ideal for showcasing as the feature dessert for birthdays, holidays or any special gathering, it's such an amazing cake it's guaranteed to turn any occasion into something special. Add white sugar, and beat till fluffy.

Instructions to make Italian Cream Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease, flour and line the bottom of 3 (9-inch) pans with parchment paper.
  2. In a bowl of an electric mixer cream the shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
  3. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together onto a sheet of waxed or parchment paper. With the mixer on low speed, add the sifted ingredients in batches alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
  4. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff, and gently fold into the prepared batter. Add the coconut, pecans and vanilla and fold into the batter.
  5. Divide the batter among 3 prepared cake pans and bake for about 25 - 30 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle of each cake.
  6. While the cake is baking, prepare the frosting. In a large bowl combine the cream cheese, butter and vanilla and beat until smooth and creamy. Add the sugar and mix until throughly combined. Add the nuts and fold together. Keep refrigerated until you are ready to frost the cake, then bring back to room temperature.
  7. Allow cakes to cool in the pans for about 10 minutes before turning them out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
  8. When the cakes are completely cool, stack the layers with the frosting and frost sides and top. Decorate with whole pecans around top edge of cake.
  9. For a smaller version of the cake, use two (8-inch) pans and the following ingredient amounts: 1/3 cup butter flavored shortening, 1/3 cup salted butter, 240g granulated sugar, 3 eggs, 144g all purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2/3 cup buttermilk, 1 1/4 cup shredded coconut, 2/3 cup chopped pecans, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 8oz cream cheese, 1/4 cup salted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 16 oz powdered sugar, 3/4 cup chopped pecans. Baking time may vary.

Stir together flour and baking soda, and add alternately with buttermilk into the creamed mixture; mix well after each addition. Italian Cream Cake has three layers of moist cake covered in cream cheese frosting with plenty of coconut and pecans. It's not hard at all to make and is perfect for a holiday celebration. But let's just start by saying that Italian Cream Cake isn't exactly Italian. It's more of a southern thing.

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