coconut blizzard cake

By momofsixplus1

goes with coconut blizzard icing

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup( 2 sticks) butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk or canned coconut milk
• 3/4 cup strawberry, raspberry, or blackberry jam
• 3 cups shredded, sweetened coconut

Preparation

Step 1

heat the oven to 350. grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans ans set them aside.

in a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

in a large bowl, beat the softened butter with an electric mixer until creamy, about 1 minute. add the sugar gradually, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl once or twice, until the mixture is fluffy and fairly smooth, about 2 minutes. add the eggs, one by one, beating well each time, until you have a thick, smooth batter.

add about one third of the flour mixture to the batter and beat well. stir the vanilla into the milk, then add about half the milk to the batter and beat well. continue beating as you add another third of the flour mixture to the batter, followed by the rest of the milk, and then the remaining flour mixture, until the batter is very thick and smooth. this should take a total of about 2 minutes mixing time.

quickly scrape the batter into the prepared cake pans, dividing it evenly. bake until the cakes are golden, about 30-35 minutes.

remove the cakes from the oven, allow them to cool for 10 minutes. let them cool completely.