Chocolate Coconut Cream Cake Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Butter the sides of two 9-inch cake pans and line the bottoms of the pans with 9-inch parchment paper.

Beat unsalted butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy about 5 minutes.

Stir flour baking powder and salt in a bowl; set aside.

Whisk egg whites milk and coconut extract in a separate bowl.

Thoroughly mix about 1/3 of the flour mixture into the creamed butter and sugar; stir in half the egg white-milk mixture. Repeat twice more ending with final 1/3 of flour mixture; stir to make a smooth batter.

Pour batter into prepared cake pans and smooth tops with a spatula.

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean 25 to 30 minutes.

Cool cakes in pans on racks for about 5 minutes before turning out onto racks to cool completely. Peel parchment paper from cakes.

Stir sweetened condensed milk 1/4 cup heavy cream and vanilla extract together in a bowl; stir in 3/4 cup flaked coconut. Refrigerate until chilled about 1 hour.