Southern Style Coconut Cake Recipe - (4.2/5)

Ingredients

• CAKE:
• 5 large egg whites
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 tablespoon coconut flavoring (I used LorAnn coconut flavoring)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
• 3 cups cake flour*
• 2 1/3 cups sugar
• 4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
• CREAM CHEESE BUTTER CREAM FROSTING:
• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 to 3 tablespoons unsweetened coconut milk or regular milk
• 1 teaspoon coconut flavoring
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut
• WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE FILLING:
• 1 cup cream cheese butter cream frosting (above)
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• NOTE: If you don’t have cake flour on hand, substitute 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour for 1 cup of cake flour.