With the start of spring comes a slew of festivities: Mother's Day brunch, Easter brunches, bridal showers ... the list can go on and on (not that we're complaining!). And while we have no lack of faith in our readers' abilities to craft quite the dessert spread, we wanted to humbly suggest a cake so beautiful, it just might put all your other sweets to shame. Allow us to present our Speckled Malted Coconut Cake. It's the cake of all cakes and one of the most popular recipes we've ever made.
Pretty impressive, isn't it? Three layers of fluffy white cake are covered with a coconut buttercream frosting that's made with cream of coconut, butter, sugar, and blue gel food coloring. But perhaps the most impressive feature, however, is the phyllo nest. Wondering how to make it? Just thinly slice phyllo dough and gently layer it around the cake, then complement it with store-bought robin's egg candies. The result, as you can see, is a stunning cake that guests might be too busy marveling at to get around to eating.
And while we know the cake is decidedly an Easter cake, we think you can certainly put a spin on it for other spring occasions. For a Mother's Day luncheon, you can use yellow or purple food coloring instead. And for a baby shower, go ahead and keep the eggs, but make the cake pink. (See what we did there?)
Whatever the occasion, this show-stopping treat should become a mainstay in your cake recipe arsenal. If you can tear your eyes away from the photo long enough to make it, that is.
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