Christmas Coconut Cake - Thai Recipe | RecipeTable.net

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk (available canned in the Asian section of most grocery stores
• or see Tip)
• 1/4 cup coconut cream (Coco Lopez)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 large egg whites at room temperature
• 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons coconut cream (Coco Lopez)
• 1/2 cup grated fresh coconut (optional
• see Tip)
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup cold water
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt