Name: Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: White sugar - 1 ½ cups; Eggs - 2; Egg yolks - 4; Milk - 1 cup; Butter - ½ cup; All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups; Baking powder - 1 tablespoon; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; White sugar - 1 ¾ cups; Water - ½ cup; Egg whites, room temperature - 4; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Cream of tartar - ½ teaspoon; Sweetened flaked coconut, or as needed - 2 cups

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30 min.

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Ingredients for - Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake

1. White sugar - 1 ½ cups

2. Eggs - 2

3. Egg yolks - 4

4. Milk - 1 cup

5. Butter - ½ cup

6. All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups

7. Baking powder - 1 tablespoon

8. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

9. White sugar - 1 ¾ cups

10. Water - ½ cup

11. Egg whites, room temperature - 4

12. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

13. Cream of tartar - ½ teaspoon

14. Sweetened flaked coconut, or as needed - 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 9-inch round cake pans.

2. Stage

Mix sugar, eggs, and egg yolks together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.

3. Stage

Heat milk and butter in saucepan over low heat until butter melts, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.

4. Stage

Combine flour and baking powder in a bowl. Pour into egg mixture. Add vanilla extract and milk mixture; beat well using an electric mixer. Divide batter evenly among the prepared pans.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

6. Stage

Meanwhile, thoroughly clean mixing bowl and beaters. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar with an electric mixer until foamy.

7. Stage

Bring sugar and water to a boil in a saucepan. Boil until a candy thermometer reads 242 degrees F (116 degrees C), 3 to 4 minutes.

8. Stage

Beat egg whites on high speed. Carefully pour in hot sugar mixture in the side of the bowl, avoiding the beaters; continue to beat on high until stiff peaks form, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in vanilla extract.

9. Stage

Place 1 cooled cake layer on a serving platter and frost the top. Repeat with second and third layers of cake. Complete frosting the sides, top, and throughout. Sprinkle coconut on top and smooth onto sides of cake using your hands.