sometimes you feel like a nut almond joy cake
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I came up with this combination after seeing an old retro almond joy/mounds candy bar commercial. I thought that would make a great cake. So I went on a quest to find a recipe because I was sure that there had to be one. There are Almond Joy cake recipes out there but they did not have coconut and almonds in them. I bake this for a church function and it was a big hit.
(5 ratings)
yield
12 to 16
prep time
45 Min
cook time
35 Min
Ingredients For sometimes you feel like a nut almond joy cake
- CAKE BATTER
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3/4 cunsalted butter
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1 1/2 csugar
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2 1/4 ccake flour
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2 tspbaking powder
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1/4 tspsalt
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3eggs, separated
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1/2 ccream of coconut
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1/2 cmilk
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1 tspalmond extract
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1/2 tspcoconut extract
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 1/2 calmond slices
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1 ccoconut flakes
- FROSTING
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1/2 cbutter, softened
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1/8 tspsalt
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2 cpowdered sugar
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2/3 ccocoa, unsweetened
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5 to 7 Tbspmilk
How To Make sometimes you feel like a nut almond joy cake
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1Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour 2 9-inch pans, set aside (could use Wilton's cake release instead)
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2Chop 1/2 cup of almond slices to almond bits
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3Mix cream of coconut with milk together then sit to the side.
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4Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Sit aside
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5Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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6add egg yolks one at a time beating after each addition.
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7add flour and milk mixture alternately into the creamed butter sugar mixture. beginning and ending with the flour
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8stir in the coconut, almond, and vanilla extracts.
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9stir in coconut flakes(shredded) and the almond bits
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10beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. fold into batter until no more of the egg whites show.
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11. cook for 25 to 30 mins or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. let cake cool in pan for 10-mins, remove then let cool completely.
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12While cake is cooling. Prepare Chocolate butter-cream frosting
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13Beat together 1/2 cup of butter, soften, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/8 teaspoon of salt, and beat together until creamy
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14whisked together 2-cups powdered sugar and 2/3-cup of unsweetened cocoa
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15gradually add sugar mixture to butter mixture alternately with 5 to 7 Tbsp of milk until you reach your desired consistency for spreading.
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16Once cake has completely cooled, spread about 1/8 inch of frosting top with coconut flakes and almond slices. Place second layer and frost. sprinkle crushed/chopped almonds on top.
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