Authentic Italian Cream Cake Recipe - (4.6/5)

Ingredients

• Cake Batter
• 2 cups of sifted all purpose flour (I like to use Farino Tipo 00 – An Italian Flour, note: you can also use Cake Flour)
• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 stick of butter unsalted
• 1/2 cup of dry shredded coconut
• 1 cup of finely chopped walnuts
• 5 egg whites (beat until stiff peaks)
• 5 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup of olive oil
• 1 cup of buttermilk
• 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• Cake Icing
• 8 oz of cream cheese
• 1/2 stick of butter for humid climates OR 1. to 1.5 sticks in dryer climates
• 1 teaspoon of buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon of creme de cacao (optional but I like it, so if you can't find it no worries)
• 8 oz of powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon of the white chocolate flavoring (again optional, if you can't find it then double up on the vanilla extract
• Note for Dryer Climates use 1 to 1.5 sticks of butter