Towering Coconut Layer Cake

Name: Towering Coconut Layer Cake
Ingredients: 10 large eggs, at room temperature; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract; 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon canola oil; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup cornstarch; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/4 cup water; 2 tablespoons spiced rum; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1/2 cup water; 6 large egg whites; 4 sticks (1 pound) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 1/2 tablespoons pure coconut extract; 2 cups unsweetened or sweetened coconut flakes, toasted

Towering Coconut Layer Cake was pinched from <a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/towering-coconut-layer-cake-53420000024902/" target="_blank">www.myrecipes.com.</a>

"Because Tyler Florence wanted Wayfare Tavern to feel like a century-old San Francisco institution, he researched menus dating all the way back to the Gold Rush. This cake couldn't be more traditional: four layers of rum-brushed yellow cake filled and frosted with a light and airy, coconut-scented meringue-buttercream...."

INGREDIENTS

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10 large eggs, at room temperature

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1 1/2 cups sugar

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1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

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1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon canola oil

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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

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1/4 cup cornstarch

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1 teaspoon kosher salt

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1/4 cup sugar

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1/4 cup water

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2 tablespoons spiced rum

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1 1/2 cups sugar

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1/2 cup water

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6 large egg whites

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4 sticks (1 pound) unsalted butter, at room temperature

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1 1/2 tablespoons pure coconut extract

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2 cups unsweetened or sweetened coconut flakes, toasted

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