Coconut Lemon Curd Milk Cake
A light and airy vanilla sponge cake, drenched in sweet coconut milk, crowned with tangy lemon curd and crispy toasted coconut for the perfect finish.
Ingredients
Cake
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
6 Eggland's Best eggs, large (separated)
1 cup white granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup of toasted coconut flakes
Lemon Curd
3 lemons (juice & peel)
3 Eggland's Best eggs (yolks only, at room tempeture)
3/4 cup of white sugar
1/2 cup of butter, cubed (1 stick)
Milk
1 1/2 cup of milk
1 can of condensed milk
1 can of coconut milk
Whip Cream
2 cups of heavy cream
4 tablespoons of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Preparation
Lemon Curd
- Juice and zest the lemons and add it into a small pot.
- Add the 3 egg yolks and sugar. Let the mixture come to a thick liquid till it’s smooth on a medium low flame (5-10 minutes).
- Turn off the flame and add your cubed butter. Mix the curd till it’s nice and smooth.
- Add a layer of plastic wrap on top. Refrigerate overnight and use the next day. Store in a tightly sealed jar for up to a year.
Cake
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Separate the eggs into yolk and egg whites.
- Whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Add the milk and vanilla and mix again.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together.
- Combine the dry ingredients along with the wet.
- In a separate bowl whisk up the egg whites and begin to fold it into the cake batter.
- Add the cake batter on top into the pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 23 minutes. Let cool completely.
Milk
- In a bowl, combine the coconut milk, whole milk, and condensed milk.
Assembly
- Poke holes with a fork all around the cake.
- Add the milk mixture and let it set a minimum of 2 hours, best overnight.
- Make your whip cream, slice, pipe some more cream, garnish with any toppings!
Nutrition
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Learn More| Serving Size | 1 |
|---|---|
| Calories | 486 |
| Fat | 26.8g |
| Saturated Fat | 18.3g |
| Cholesterol | 65mg |
| Sodium | 187mg |
| Carbohydrates | .8g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2g |
| Protein | 1.2 |
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