Speckled Malted Coconut Cake Recipe
This speckled malted coconut cake recipe is almost too pretty to eat (but also too delicious not to).
Speckled Malted Coconut Cake Recipe
- Baking spray (, for pan)
- 3 c . cake flour (, spooned and leveled)
- 1 1/2 tsp . baking powder
- 1/4 c . malted milk powder
- 1 tsp . Kosher salt
- 1 c . canola oil
- 1 c . half-and-half (, at room temperature)
- 1 c . sugar
- 1 tsp . pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp . pure coconut extract
- 1 large egg plus 2 large egg whites (, at room temperature)
- Coconut Buttercream ((recipe link below))
- 1/8 tsp . brown gel food coloring
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease three 8-inch cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper rounds. Whisk together flour, baking powder, malt powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Whisk together oil, half-and-half, sugar, vanilla, coconut extract, and whole egg in a separate bowl until smooth. Fold in flour mixture just until incorporated. Beat egg whites with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form, 1 to 2 minutes. Fold egg whites into batter just until combined.
- Divide batter among prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool in pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then invert onto racks to cool completely.
- Place one layer on a cake plate and frost top with 1 cup Coconut Buttercream. Repeat two more times. Frost sides with remaining Coconut Buttercream.
- Stir together food coloring and 2 drops water in a bowl. Dip the tip of a wide, stiff paintbrush into the mixture. Holding the brush 6 to 8 inches from the cake, gently fling the mixture onto iced cake. Repeat for desired effect. Spread Phyllo Nest around the base of the cake, and nestle candies in nest.
- Source: CountryLiving
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