The Best Homemade Italian Cream Cake is just as amazing as the name sounds – it is a moist, delicious cake with butter cream cheese frosting and topped with sweetened coconut and chopped pecans! Not only that, it’s easy to make and will feed a crowd!
Start by making the cake. As the cake cooks in the oven, make the delicious frosting by stirring together butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and ¼ of the box of powdered sugar. Mix the frosting ingredients on high until smooth before adding more powdered sugar. Continue this process until the powdered sugar box is empty and the frosting is completely smooth. Frost the cooled cake, top with coconut and pecans and serve.
To make my The Best Homemade Italian Cream Cake, you will need the following ingredients:
Preheat the oven to 325 °F. Lightly grease a 9 by 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Combine 1 stick of salted butter with ½ a cup of vegetable shortening and 2 cups sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix until smooth.
Add 5 egg yolks, one at a time and mix with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer after each yolk is added.
Combine 1 cup of buttermilk, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon of baking soda in a separate bowl.
Alternate adding ½ a cup of flour and ¼ of the buttermilk mixture at a time. Repeat until all the flour and buttermilk mixture is added. Blend well between additions.
Add the pecans, sweetened coconut, and beaten egg whites and stir carefully until well blended. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes. Reduce the heat to 225 °F and continue to bake for 10 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool completely.
In a large bowl, combine 1 stick of butter, 1 block of cream cheese, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, and ¼ of the box of powdered sugar using an electric mixer on high until smooth. Add more powdered sugar and continue the process until the box is empty and the frosting is completely smooth.
Frost the cooled cake with the frosting and top with the remaining coconut and pecans.
Serve large slices of this cake and store any leftovers in the refrigerator.
This is The Best Homemade Italian Cream Cake that will satisfy a crowd. Don’t forget to tag #CookMeRecipes in your Instagram posts if you try this one.
Great recipe and delicious dessert! Thanks for sharing!
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