Coconut Cake With Coconut Buttercream
By: Barcelona Bites
Published: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:42am

Ingredients




Cake
1 large egg
5 large egg white
1 cup (240 ml) coconut milk (try to use as much of the solid part as possible)
1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract
1 teaspoon (5 ml) coconut extract
2 1/4 cups (250 g) sifted cake flour
1 cup (200 g) sugar
1 tablespoon (15 g) baking powder
3/4 teaspoon (3 g) salt
12 tablespoons (180 g) unsalted butter, slightly softend and cut into small pieces
3/4 cup (65 g) grated, unsweetened coconut
Buttercream
4 large egg whites
1 cup (200 g) sugar
1 pinch of salt
12 ounces (340 g) unsalted butter
1/4 cup (60 ml) coconut milk
1 teaspoon (5 ml) coconut extract
3/4 cup (65 g) grated, unsweetened coconut
3/4 cup (75 g) powdered sugar

Preparation

1 For Cake 2 Preheat oven to 325 degrees (160 C) and grease/butter and flour two cake tins 3 Beat the egg whites and whole egg