Luscious Lemon Coconut Cake

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups cake and pastry flour
• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• Zest of 1 lemon
• ¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature and cut into pieces
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup cornstarch
• 2 cups sweetened flaked or shredded coconut
• 3 large egg yolks
• ½ cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp coconut extract (optional)
• 2 large egg yolks
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 2 cups icing sugar, sifted
• 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, at room temperature and cut into pieces
• 1 ½ cups sweetened flaked or shredded coconut