Edna Lewis’s Famous Coconut Lane Cake
INGREDIENTS
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Cake Ingredients:
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16 tbsp. (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
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2 c. sugar
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3 ½ c. cake flour
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1 tbsp. baking powder
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¼ tsp. salt
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1 c. milk, room temperature
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1 tsp. vanilla extract
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12 large egg whites, whipped to a soft peaks
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⅛ tsp. cream of tartar
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Icing Ingredients:
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12 egg yolks
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1 ½ c. sugar
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12 tbsp. butter, melted
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1 ½ c. chopped pecans
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1 ½ c. unsweetened coconut flakes
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1 ½ c. chopped raisins
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1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract
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Scant ½ c. Kentucky bourbon
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