Blue Ribbon Italian Cream Cake Recipes

BILLIE'S ITALIAN CREAM CAKE WITH BLUEBERRIES

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, oil and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg yolks, vanilla and coconut.
• In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and baking powder. Alternate adding the buttermilk and dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined, and then fold in the egg whites.
• Pour evenly into the prepared pans and bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Then turn the cakes out onto cooling racks and allow to cool completely.
• For the frosting: In a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Stir in the pecans and coconut.
• To assemble: Cut each cake in half lengthwise so you are left with 4 layers. Spread the first layer with frosting and top with blueberries. Repeat the cake, frosting and blueberry layers until you have 4 layers of cake. Arrange more blueberries around the edge of each layer for structure.

ITALIAN CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. (Italian Cream Cake Directions) Cream butter, oil, and sugar. Add egg yolks, one at a time. Stir baking soda into buttermilk. Add small amount of flour to batter, beating on medium speed, alternating with buttermilk mixture. Add vanilla, coconut, and pecans. Beat egg whites in separate bowl until stiff and fold into cake. Pour into greased and floured 9X13 pan or two 8 or 9 inch layer pans. Bake at 45 minutes or less at 325. (Cake is done when you insert cake tester, or toothpick, and it comes out clean).
• 2. (Italian Cake Cream Cheese Frosting Directions) Beat cream cheese and butter. Add sugar and vanilla and mix well. Add pecans. Spread on cake.

FREDA'S ITALIAN CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream Crisco, butter and sugar together. Separate eggs and add the five yolks, one at a time. Add dry ingredients along with buttermilk. Stir in nuts. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in three greased and floured 9 inch cake pans for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes before removing from pans and placing on wire cake rakes to cool completely.
• 2. Icing: Warm butter and cream cheese to room temperature. Mix with remaining ingredients until smooth. Frost cake and decorate with pecans.

ITALIAN COCONUT CREAM CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 9 inch pans.
• 2. Cream butter and shortening:add sugar and beat mixture until smooth. Add egg yolks and beat well.
• 3. Combine flour, soda and add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
• 4. Stir in vanilla. Add coconut and nuts.*
• 5. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Do not over stir.
• 6. Pour into three* greased and floured 9 inch pans. I usually only use two** round pans.
• 7. Let Cake completely cool before you frost.
• 8. Bake at 325 degrees until done.
• 9. * Save small amount, approx 1/4 cup of coconut and enough pecans for decorating cake. **If you use 2 pans, bake for approx. 35-40 minutes. ***If you use 3 pans, bake for 30 minutes.
• 10. Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 11. Beat Cream cheese and butter until smooth.
• 12. Add sugar and mix well.
• 13. Add vanilla and beat until smooth.
• 14. Spread between layers and on top of cake. Sprinkle top with saved chopped pecans and coconut.

NANNY'S ITALIAN CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. CAKE: Preheat oven to 325 degreees. Beat egg whites and set aside.
• 2. Add soda to buttermilk and set aside.
• 3. Cream sugar, Crisco and butter. Add egg yolks; beat well. Add buttermilk, flour and vanilla.
• 4. Fold in egg whites, then pecans, then coconut.
• 5. Pour into 3 round (greased & floured)cake pans.
• 6. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until done.
• 7. ICING: Cream butter, cream cheese and vanilla. Add powdered sugar and mix well. Stir in pecans.

ITALIAN CREME BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter with sugar. Add vanilla.
• 2. Separate the eggs.
• 3. Beat the whites until soft peaks form; set aside.
• 4. Cream the egg yolks, butter, and sugar. Set them aside.
• 5. In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients: Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda. [It doesn't call for baking powder but I like my cakes to stand high]
• 6. Add the dry ingredients to the mixture a little at a time alternating with the buttermilk (about 1/4 cup at a time).
• 7. Next mix in walnuts and coconut.
• 8. With a spatula gently fold in your egg whites into the batter by making the figure 8 pattern.
• 9. Spoon the batter into your greased Bundt pan making it as even as you can.
• 10. Bake for about 60 minutes until the cake seems firm. Let it cool for 20 minutes.
• 11. For the Icing, with a hand blender cream the cream cheese with the 1/2 cup of whipping cream.
• 12. Add powdered sugar. Blend.
• 13. Remove cake from Bundt pan.
• 14. Ice the cake.
• 15. Sprinkle coconut and top off with chopped walnuts. Again drizzle [I like that word] more icing on top of nuts and coconut.
• 16. Refrigerate the cake until you are going to slice and serve!

ITALIAN CREAM CAKE I

Steps:

• Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine, egg yolks, and 2 cups white sugar. Alternately mix in flour and buttermilk. Add baking soda. Mix in 1 cup walnuts and coconut.
• Beat egg whites, and fold into batter. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven.
• Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract. Spread onto cooled cake. Top iced cake with chopped walnuts.

PERFECT ITALIAN CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 3 9-inch pans. Or, you may use 8" pans for a taller cake if you prefer.
• 2. Combine first 5 ingredients.
• 3. Mix at medium speed for approximately 2 minutes.
• 4. Stir in coconut and pecans.
• 5. Pour into prepared pans. If using 9" pans, the batter will be spread fairly thin.
• 6. Bake for 15-17 minutes or until cakes test done. Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 7. Then remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
• 8. For frosting, combine cream cheese and butter. Mix until well blended.
• 9. Gradually add confectioners sugar as you mix. Mix until fluffy frosting consistency. Add vanilla and blend well.
• 10. Frost between layers, sides, and top of the cake.
• 11. Garnish with toasted pecan halves, if desired.