Thomas Keller’s Coconut Cake | Saveur

Ingredients

• Unsalted butter, for greasing
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup desiccated coconut
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1 ¹⁄₄ cups mayonnaise
• ³⁄₄ cup coconut milk
• ¹⁄₂ cup plus 1 tbsp. buttermilk
• 2 tsp. coconut extract
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 6 egg whites
• 1 ²⁄₃ cups sugar
• 3 cups sweetened shredded coconut