Speckled Malted Coconut Cake

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg plus, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 3 cup Cake flour
  • 1/8 tsp Gel food coloring, brown
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract, pure

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 Baking spray
  • 1 cup Canola oil

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 Coconut buttercream
  • 1 tsp Coconut extract, pure

• Drinks

  • 1/4 cup Malted milk, powder

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Half and half

• Desserts

  • 1 Phyllo nest and robin egg candies

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Ingredients

• Baking spray, for pan
• 3 c. cake flour, spooned and leveled
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 c. malted milk powder
• 1 tsp. Kosher salt
• 1 c. canola oil
• 1 c. half-and-half, at room temperature
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. pure coconut extract
• 1 large egg plus 2 large egg whites, at room temperature
• Coconut Buttercream (recipe link below)
• 1/8 tsp. brown gel food coloring
• Phyllo nest and robin egg candies (recipe link below)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease three 8-inch cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper rounds. Whisk together flour, baking powder, malt powder, and salt in a bowl.Whisk together oil, half-and-half, sugar, vanilla, coconut extract, and whole egg in a separate bowl until smooth. Fold in flour mixture just until incorporated. Beat egg whites with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form, 1 to 2 minutes. Fold egg whites into batter just until combined.Divide batter among prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool in pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then invert onto racks to cool completely.Place one layer on a cake plate and frost top with 1 cup Coconut Buttercream. Repeat two more times. Frost sides with remaining Coconut Buttercream.Stir together food coloring and 2 drops water in a bowl. Dip the tip of a wide, stiff paintbrush into the mixture. Holding the brush 6 to 8 inches from the cake, gently fling the mixture onto iced cake. Repeat for desired effect. Spread Phyllo Nest around the base of the cake, and nestle candies in nest.