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Holly Taylor Shares Her Favorite Cream Cake Recipe

Posted on by Felicia Pulley

What’s your favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner? Is it the appetizers, sides, main course, or are you more of a dessert person? If you love dessert we highly recommend trying one of Holly Taylor, the RESA Texas State President’s favorite cakes to make for special occasions.

Italian Cream Cake

CAKE

  • 1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 5 eggs separated (room temperature)
  • 3 teaspoons real vanilla extract
  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 cup real buttermilk (room temperature)
  • 1 1/2 cup finely shredded sweetened coconut flakes

FROSTING

  • 16 oz cream cheese room tempt.
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 4 cups confectioners sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups finely shredded sweetened coconut
  • 1 1/2 cups pecans pieces

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325.
  2. Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl cream together shortening, butter and sugar.
  4. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  5. In a separate bowl combine flour and baking soda.
  6. Alternate adding the buttermilk and flour into the sugar mixture. Starting and ending with the buttermilk. Be sure to mix well after each addition.
  7. Stir in vanilla.
  8. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
  9. Fold egg whites into batter.
  10. Stir in coconuts and pecans.
  11. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 25-27 minutes.
  12. Remove from oven and let cakes sit in pans for 5 minutes before removing from pans and placing on a cooling rack to finish cooling.
  13. Make the frosting by creaming together cream cheese, butter, vanilla and confectioners sugar.
  14. Stir in coconut and pecans.
  15. Frost & decorate cooled cake layers as desired
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Felicia is the Creative Director for the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA®). Her goal is to promote those in the industry who advance professionalism and excellence in real estate staging and provide valuable resources for home stagers and real estate agents alike. Felicia has a background in production design and studied at Academy Of Art University where she had a focus in Motion Pictures And Television. In her free time you can find her reading about the latest marketing trends or hanging out with her husband in Disneyland.

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