Coconut Rum Cake

Ingredients

• 1 9-inch round cake pan (2 inches deep)
• 1 adjustable-blade slicer
• 2 teaspoons confectioners sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 medium coconut
• ¾ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• + 12 more ingredients
• • 1 tablespoon dark rum
  • 3 tablespoons cream cheese
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter
  • ½ cup confectioners sugar
  • 3 large yolks
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 3 tablespoons sweetened cream of coconut
  • ¾ cup sweetened cream of coconut such as Coco López
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Lightly butter cake pan and line bottom with a round of parchment paper. Lightly butter parchment, then flour pan. Whisk together flour (1 1/4 cups), baking powder, and salt. Whisk together whole eggs and yolks, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl. Gradua...

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