Coconut Cloud Cake

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My Coconut Cloud Cake is a fluffy snack cake covered with coconut cream cheese frosting and finished with flakes of coconut.

Using the reverse creaming method, this take on a Southern classic is light as air and tastes like a slice of heaven!

INGREDIENTS

– egg whites – unsalted butter – vegetable oil – cake flour – granulated sugar

Making the cake

01.

Separate eggs and place whites in a medium bowl. Use a hand mixer or stand mixer with whisk attachment to whisk egg whites to stiff peaks.

In a large bowl combine cake flour, granulated sugar, kosher salt, and baking powder.

02.

03.

Add cubed softened butter and oil and mix on low speed until it’s the texture of coarse breadcrumbs or wet sand.

Add coconut milk and coconut extract into the mixed dry ingredients and combine on medium speed for about one minute.

04.

Add one third of the whipped whites into your batter and mix in well. Add the rest of the egg whites and fold gently until there are only a few small white streaks left.

05.

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