Coconut Cake with Citrus Curd Recipe - Reily Products

Ingredients

• For Citrus Curd –
• 6 large – egg yolks
• 3/4 cup – sugar
• 1 stick – cold unsalted butter – cut into pieces
• 1/4 cup – fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 cup – fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon – freshly grated lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon – freshly grated lime zest
• For Cake –
• 3 cups – Sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
• 1 tablespoon – baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon – salt
• 1 1/4 cups – whole milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons – vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup – sweetened flaked coconut
• 2 1/2 sticks – unsalted butter softened
• 1 3/4 cups – sugar
• 5 large – eggs
• 1/2 cup – sweetened flaked coconut
• For Frosting –
• 2 large – egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups – sugar
• 5 tablespoons – cold water
• 2 teaspoons – light corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon – cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon – vanilla extract
• 1 cup – sweetened, flaked coconut, for garnish