Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today.it is Lee Glover. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, coquito cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Coquito cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Coquito cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have coquito cake using 17 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Coquito cake:
- Prepare cake
- Prepare 2 cup granulated sugar
- Make ready 1 cup butter or 2 sticks of butter
- Make ready 4 eggs (yokes and whites separated)
- Take 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- Get 2 cup self rising flour
- Prepare 1 cup milk
- Take 3/4 cup brandy
- Make ready Coquito
- Get 3 cup Coquito (find recipe in my profile)
- Make ready frosting
- Take 1 pints heavy whipping cream
- Make ready 1/4 cup powdered sugar (more or less depending on how sweet you like your frosting)
- Prepare 1 tsp coconut extract
- Make ready garnish
- Take 1 sprinkle of sweetened shredded coconut
- Make ready 1 sprinkle of cinnamon
Steps to make Coquito cake:
- Preheat oven to to 350° and butter or spray your molds. I use baking spray.
- In a bowl beat egg whites until stiff and set aside
- In another mixing bowl, beat butter sugar, yokes, brandy and vanilla extract until well blended
- Slowly add the flour and milk, alternate little by little while beating
- Once blended, fold egg whites into batter. Very important DO NOT beat or mix the egg whites in. Gently fold them in until blended.
- Put mixture into cake mold and gently pick up and drop the mold on the counter to get excess air out
- Bake for about 25-30 minutes depending on your molds. DO NOT open oven door until about 20 minutes.
- Let cool off until warm enough that you can touch it, but not cold. With a skewer poke holes throughout the cakes
- Slowly pour your coquito over the cake. Make sure to use all three cups. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes
- While your cake is cooling and absorbing the coquito, make your frosting.
- Combine whipping cream, coconut extract and powdered sugar in a bowl and whip until stiff
- Frost the cake and sprinkle shredded coconut and cinnamon on top
- Enjoy
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