Italian Christmas Cream Cake
4.0
Ingredients
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 80 min
Instructions
- 1 Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9-inch round cake pans and line with parchment paper.
- 2 Spread coconut flakes thinly over a microwave-safe plate. Microwave on high until lightly browned, stirring every 30 seconds, 2 to 3 minutes total.
- 3 Place coconut in a blender and grind into a fine powder.
- 4 Combine coconut powder, buttermilk, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Combine cake flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a separate bowl.
- 5 Beat sugar, butter, and shortening until fluffy.
- 6 Add eggs, one at a time.
- 7 Add flour mixture alternately with coconut-buttermilk mixture, mixing between additions. Mix in pecans.
- 8 Divide batter between the pans.
- 9 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 28 to 32 minutes. Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes.
- 10 Remove cakes from pans and cool on wire racks, at least 20 minutes.
- 11 Meanwhile, beat powdered sugar and butter until fluffy. Mix in cream of coconut, vanilla extract, and salt. Add cream cheese; beat until well combined.
- 12 Place 1 cooled cake on a serving platter and spread frosting all over.
- 13 Place the other cake on top; coat with remaining frosting.
- 14 Press remaining pecans around and on top of the cake to garnish.
By Yoly