sometimes you feel like a nut almond joy cake

How To Make sometimes you feel like a nut almond joy cake

• Step 1
  Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour 2 9-inch pans, set aside (could use Wilton's cake release instead)
• Step 2
  Chop 1/2 cup of almond slices to almond bits
• Step 3
  Mix cream of coconut with milk together then sit to the side.
• Step 4
  Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Sit aside
• Step 5
  Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Step 6
  add egg yolks one at a time beating after each addition.
• Step 7
  add flour and milk mixture alternately into the creamed butter sugar mixture. beginning and ending with the flour
• Step 8
  stir in the coconut, almond, and vanilla extracts.
• Step 9
  stir in coconut flakes(shredded) and the almond bits
• Step 10
  beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. fold into batter until no more of the egg whites show.
• Step 11
  . cook for 25 to 30 mins or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. let cake cool in pan for 10-mins, remove then let cool completely.
• Step 12
  While cake is cooling. Prepare Chocolate butter-cream frosting
• Step 13
  Beat together 1/2 cup of butter, soften, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/8 teaspoon of salt, and beat together until creamy
• Step 14
  whisked together 2-cups powdered sugar and 2/3-cup of unsweetened cocoa
• Step 15
  gradually add sugar mixture to butter mixture alternately with 5 to 7 Tbsp of milk until you reach your desired consistency for spreading.
• Step 16
  Once cake has completely cooled, spread about 1/8 inch of frosting top with coconut flakes and almond slices. Place second layer and frost. sprinkle crushed/chopped almonds on top.
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