Coconut Raspberry Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting

Instructions

For Coconut Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 6-inch round cake pans, line with parchment and grease parchment.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and egg whites. Whisk in the coconut cream, water and vanilla, coconut extracts into the egg mixture. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine the cake flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Using an electric mixer, mix on low for one minute. With mixer on low, add in butter, one piece at a time, and mixing until only pea-size pieces remain, about 1 minute. Do not over mix. Add in half of the wet ingredients, increase speed to medium-high, and beat until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Reduce speed to low and add in the remaining wet ingredients. Mix on low until combined, about 30 seconds. Stir batter once by hand with a rubber spatula (Do not over mix cake batter otherwise you will end up with a dense cake).
4. Divide batter evenly into prepared pan. Bake cakes until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, about 25-30 mins, rotating pans halfway through baking.
5. Let cakes cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing and cooling completely on a wire rack. Meanwhile prepare the frosting. You could wrap the cakes in plastic wrap and keep refrigerated or frozen for up to 2-3 days. Be sure to bring back to room temperature before frosting.

For Filling:

1. In a medium saucepan, combine the raspberries with sugar and lemon juice. Cook on medium-low heat until berries breakdown and mixture starts to thicken, about 3-5 minutes. Once thicken, remove from heat and transfer to a heatproof bowl and let cool completely.

For Whipped Cream Frosting:

1. Pre-chill the bowl of your stand mixer and whisk in the freezer for 10 minutes. Add the cold heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla extract to the chilled bowl. Using a mixer, whisk the heavy cream on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form. Be careful not to over whip the heavy cream.

Assembly:

1. Using a serrated knife, remove dome on cake layers. Slice each cake into two equal halves if you want a 4 layered cake as pictured. If not, continue to frosting. Place one layer of cake onto a cake platter. Spread about 1 cup frosting evenly. Add half of the filling. Place the second layer of cake on top of frosting. Spread some more frosting on top and the rest of the filling. Finally frost the top and the sides of the cake. Smooth frosting as evenly as possible and decorate as desired.