Italian Coconut Creme Cake #CakeSliceBakers

I've baked many coconut cakes, but have found them all either too complicated (crack open an actual coconut, really?) or too lacking in actual coconut taste.  With this month's Cake Slice Bakers recipe, I've found a keeper.  


The cake starts with a basic white cake recipe except you add coconut milk and coconut extract to get this cake off on the right foot.  You bake them into two layers which you then split in half.  May cake cutting skills need a lot of work as you can see in the pictures.  The cake was tasty all by itself, but then you soak each layer with more coconut milk.  In between and all around the cake is a glorious coconut whipped cream frosting.



The frosting was easy to work with and tasty.  Toasted coconut then gets patted on the sides and sprinkled along the top.  An easy cake to make, and delicious cake to eat.



    Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is The European Cake Cookbook by Tatyana Nesteruk. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes! Follow our Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the thumbnail pictures below to take you to each of our cakes. If you have a blog and are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail dot com for more details. The Cake Slice Bakers also have a new Facebook group called The Cake Slice Bakers and Friends. This group is perfect for those who do not have a blog but want to join in the fun and bake through this book.

    Our choices for September 2019 were ~
    1. Apple Sharlotka Cake
    2. Strawberry Verdens Beste
    3. Apricot Mousse Cake
    4. Italian Coconut Creme Cake
    Strawberry Verdens Beste
    Apricot Mousse Cake
    Italian Coconut Creme Cake

      Comments

      1. KarenSeptember 20, 2019 at 2:26 PM

        Yours looks wonderful. I loved this one too.

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      2. AmandaSeptember 20, 2019 at 10:45 PM

        Yum! This looks delicious! I have a few coconut fans in my life that I will need to make this for :)

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      3. All That's Left Are The CrumbsSeptember 20, 2019 at 11:15 PM

        We are big coconuts fans here and this is one I am going to have to try as your cake looks amazing.

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      4. SusanBSeptember 21, 2019 at 2:38 PM

        Man, that looks so good! :)

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      5. A Day in the Life on the FarmOctober 20, 2019 at 6:43 AM

        I wanted to make this cake but then I invited a dear friend over to celebrate our daughter's birthday and she has a coconut allergy. Yours turned out so nice it makes me want to find another reason to bake a cake.

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