1/4 teaspoon salt (infused with vanilla even better!)
Zest 1 lemon
Zest 1 clementine
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 cups shredded sweetened coconut for garnishing cake
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350. Butter and dust (2) 9 inch round cake pans with a mixture of flour and powdered sugar.
Cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until very smooth, at least four minutes (this way the sugar is broken down and emulsified with the butter fats). Add eggs, vanilla, vanilla paste, coconut flavoring and lemon/clementine zests and beat well to combine. In a separate medium sized bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
Combine buttermilk and coconut milk. Alternate adding wet and dry ingredients, beating with an electric mixer at medium speed, scraping down the sides as needed until thoroughly blended and smooth.
Pour batter into the prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick or fork inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes.
Set aside and let cool. Turn cakes onto a wire rack then onto a plate. Frost with Seven Minute Frosting. Sprinkle cake with.
Keep covered at room temp.
Seven Minute Frosting
2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
4 egg whites
6 tablespoons coconut water or water
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon vanilla paste
Combine all ingredients except vanilla and vanilla paste in a heavy bottomed sauce pan. Place over medium low heat and beat with an electric hand mixer constantly for 5-7 minutes, or until icing is fluffy and stiff peaks form. Remove from heat, set aside and stir in vanilla and vanilla paste. Frost the cake.
