Lemon Filled Cake With Coconut Frosting
From neena51 17 years ago
- 50 minutes to make
- Serves 1012
This is three layers of yumminess! moist white cake, lemon curd filling and creamy,fluffy frosting sprinkled with coconut..My hubby requests this for every birthday. It does take a bit of work but is well worth it!
Ingredients
- White cake shopping list
- 3 c flour shopping list
- 1 c Crisco shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 1 tsp salt shopping list
- 2 c sugar shopping list
- 1 1/2 c milk shopping list
- 3 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 5 egg whites beaten stiff shopping list
- Filling shopping list
- 1/2 c sugar shopping list
- 1/8 tsp salt shopping list
- 1/2 c water shopping list
- 1 tbsp butter shopping list
- 2 tbsp cornstarch shopping list
- 1/3 c lemon juice shopping list
- 2 tsp lemon zest shopping list
- 1 egg, slightly beaten shopping list
- coconut frosting shopping list
- 1 1/2 c sugar shopping list
- 2 egg whites shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- 1 can coconut shopping list
- 1/3 c water shopping list
- 1/4 tsp cream of tarter shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
How to make it
- Cake
- Combine all ingredients except egg whites in large bowl and mix with electric mixer on medium speed 3 minutes until well mixed
- Gently fold in egg whites until thoroughly blended
- Pour into 3 greased and floured 9 in cake pans
- Bake at 350F for approximately 25 minutes
- Cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes then turn out of pans and cool thoroughly
- Filling
- Combine sugar cornstarch and salt in top of double boiler
- Add lemon juice, zest, water egg and butter, mix well
- Place over rapidly boiling water and cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens (about 5 minutes)
- Cool thoroughly in refrigerator
- Frosting
- Combine sugar, water, egg whites, cream of tarter and salt in top of double boiler .
- Beat with portable electric mixer until blended
- Place over rapidly boiling water.
- Beat constantly with mixer 7-10 minutes until frosting holds a peak
- Remove from heat, add vanilla and continue beating until frosting is cool and of spreading consistency
- Spread over top and sides of cake and sprinkle with coconut
- Note
- Put a layer of lemon curd then a thin layer of frosting and lightly sprinkle with coconut between layers
- You may need to insert thin wooden skewers between layers, this is a tall cake
The Rating
Reviewed by 9 people-
This looks so delicious! I am going to make this for Easter dinner....
Thank you for your post!
brandyprz
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Wowee, this sounds delicious and lovely! My husband loves lemon and I am crazy about coconut. Sounds like the perfect cake for us.
chihuahua
in Sonoma County loved it
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Oh my, this sounds so very delicious! I will try this one for my granddaughters birthday!
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