Recipe: Fresh coconut layer cake | Style at Home

Ingredients

• All-purpose (plain) flour for dusting
• 3 cups (9 oz/280 g) sifted cake (soft-wheat) flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup (8 oz/250 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups (1 lb/500 g) granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs, separated
• 1 cup (8 fl oz/250 ml) canned unsweetened coconut milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 tsp coconut extract
• 1 fresh coconut
• 2 tbsp confectioners' (icing) sugar
• Seven-minute frosting (below)
• 2 large eggs
• 11⁄2 cups (12 oz/375 g) sugar
• 2 tsp corn syrup
• 1⁄4 tsp cream of tartar