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Receta Southern Style Coconut Cake with a Whipped Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
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I am a life long member of the "I love coconut" fan club. I must really love coconut cake, because I've already shared three different coconut cake recipes on my blog (starting in 2009). My favorite cake is white cake. Hands down. End of story. I prefer an all egg-white cake, or it's not a genuine white cake. Am I right?
But, did I really need another coconut cake recipe? Maybe. Maybe not. But, when you have five egg whites leftover from a lemon custard recipe, white cake seems like a good way to use them. Coconut seems to be synonymous with Easter treats, and I hadn't baked a cake in a while.
We were having dinner guests, so this seemed like the perfect time to bake a cake. I'm loving this brand of USA cake pans, and I…
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