Step-by-Step Guide to Make Ultimate Italian Cream Cake

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, italian cream cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Italian Cream Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Italian Cream Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Italian cream cake is NOT supposed to be this dense. This was like a dry, greasy brownie. The origin of Italian cream cake doesn't really seem to be known. And despite it's name, it's not exactly Italian in origin.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook italian cream cake using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Cream Cake:

1. Take 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
2. Make ready 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter
3. Get 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar
4. Get 5 eggs, separated and at room temperature
5. Get 2 cups (240 g) all purpose flour
6. Take 1 teaspoon baking soda
7. Take 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
8. Prepare 1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
9. Get 2 cups sweetened, shredded coconut
10. Take 1 cup finely chopped pecans
11. Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
12. Prepare 16 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
13. Prepare 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter
14. Get 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
15. Get 32 oz powdered sugar
16. Prepare 1 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans (for frosting)

Like I mentioned above, this cake has a buttery vanilla base, has toasted. Old-fashioned Italian cream cake made with coconut, pecans, and cream cheese frosting. This is a can't-miss authentic Italian cream cake recipe! This layered Italian Cream Cake is the perfect dessert for a birthday or dinner party because it is moist and full of flavor from the chopped pecans and cream cheese frosting.

Instructions to make Italian Cream Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease, flour and line the bottom of 3 (9-inch) pans with parchment paper.
2. In a bowl of an electric mixer cream the shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together onto a sheet of waxed or parchment paper. With the mixer on low speed, add the sifted ingredients in batches alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
4. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff, and gently fold into the prepared batter. Add the coconut, pecans and vanilla and fold into the batter.
5. Divide the batter among 3 prepared cake pans and bake for about 25 - 30 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle of each cake.
6. While the cake is baking, prepare the frosting. In a large bowl combine the cream cheese, butter and vanilla and beat until smooth and creamy. Add the sugar and mix until throughly combined. Add the nuts and fold together. Keep refrigerated until you are ready to frost the cake, then bring back to room temperature.
7. Allow cakes to cool in the pans for about 10 minutes before turning them out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
8. When the cakes are completely cool, stack the layers with the frosting and frost sides and top. Decorate with whole pecans around top edge of cake.
9. For a smaller version of the cake, use two (8-inch) pans and the following ingredient amounts: 1/3 cup butter flavored shortening, 1/3 cup salted butter, 240g granulated sugar, 3 eggs, 144g all purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2/3 cup buttermilk, 1 1/4 cup shredded coconut, 2/3 cup chopped pecans, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 8oz cream cheese, 1/4 cup salted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 16 oz powdered sugar, 3/4 cup chopped pecans. Baking time may vary.

This is a can't-miss authentic Italian cream cake recipe! This layered Italian Cream Cake is the perfect dessert for a birthday or dinner party because it is moist and full of flavor from the chopped pecans and cream cheese frosting. See more ideas about italian cream cakes, cream cake, cupcake cakes. Italian Cream Cake is a spectacular cake perfect for holidays, birthdays and celebrations. You can ALWAYS find an Italian cream cake at my family holiday shindigs.

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