Receta Chocolate Flake Coconut Cake
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Early in the day, make, cold, chill custard filling.
- Grease and flour two 8-inch layer cake pans. Sift flour with baking pwdr three times.
- In a large bowl, at medium speed, mix shortening, salt and almond extract till light and fluffy. Gradually add in sugar, beating well.
- Add in egg yolks and blend well.
- With mixer at low speed, add in flour mix alternately with the lowfat milk, beating after each addition just till well blended. Then stir in chocolate.
- Beat egg whites till stiff and gently fold into the batter. Turn batter into prepared pans; sprinkle each pan of batter with 1/2 c. coconut.
- Bake for 35 min, at 180 C (350 F), till cakes spring back when lightly touched with finger. Cold 5 min in the pans, turn out onto racks to finish cooling.
- On a cake plate, arrange layers with bottoms together and Creamy Custard Filling in between. Generously frost side of cake with whipped cream. Chill till served.
- CREAMY CUSTARD FILLING: In top of double boiler, mix sugar, flour, salt. Slightly beat Large eggs, gradually add in scalded lowfat milk, then slowly stir into sugar mix. Cook over boiling water for 8 min stirring constantly. Cold, stirring occasionally. Add in almond and vanilla extracts. Mix in heavy cream, whipped. Chill till needed.
- Notes:It's easier to chop the choc. chips if you refrigeratethem first.
- For three-layer cake, double all ingredients in custard filling except use only one egg. Make one set, then a second set of cake layers (fourth cake layer can be split, filled with some whipped cream and eaten separately). Increase heavy cream for frosting to 1 1/2 c..