Categories: Cakes/Pies/Pastry
Ingredients
- bake 350 degrees
- 8 inch pans with spray, parchment and dusted
- 2 1/2 C cake flour
- 1 t baking powder
- 1/2 t soda
- 1/4 t salt
- 5 large eggs
- 3/4 C buttermilk, room temperature
- 1 t vanilla
- 2 1/2 sticks SALTED BUTTER
- 2 1/4 C white sugar
- FROSTING
- 6 sticks SALTED butter
- 6c powdered sugar
- 1/2 C half n half or cocoanut milk
- 2 t vanilla
- 2 C sweetened cocoanut
Directions
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In bowl whisk together flour, baking powder. baking soda and salt
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in another bowl mix together eggs, buttermilk and vanilla
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In mixer beat butter and white sugar until fluffy-4-5 minutes
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with beater on low add 1/3 flour mixture, half the egg mixture, 1/3 flour mixture, rest egg mixture and last of flour
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Then increase speed to medium and beat at least another 1 minute.Fold batter with spatula to get any dry flour from sides or bottom
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Divide batter evenly between prepared pans
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Bake 15 minutes and quickly move upper pans to bottom and bottom to upper
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Bake til toothpick clean about another 12 minutes COOL CAKE
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FROSTING
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Beat butter about 1 minute
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With mixer on low add 1/3 powdered sugar until fully incorporated
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Beat 1/3 more sugar and beat 2-3 minutes
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Gradually add remaining sugar beating until incorporated-2 minutes
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Add the half and half and vanilla
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Beat on low about 1 minute
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Scrape bowl , increase speed and beat about 1 minute more
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Each layer has 3/4 C frosting topped with cocoanut