Trisha Yearwood Vanilla Wafer Cake Recipes

GRANDMA YEARWOOD'S COCONUT CAKE WITH COCONUT LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• For the cake: Grease and flour a 9-inch tube cake pan. Cream the butter and sugar until light and smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla extract, beating well. Mix in the vanilla wafer crumbs, coconut and pecans. Pour into the pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack.
• For the glaze: Mix the sugar, cornstarch, salt, lemon zest and juice, 1 1/2 cups of water and coconut in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring until thickened, for about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly, then using a toothpick, poke several holes in the top of the cake and drizzle the glaze over the cake.

VANILLA WAFER CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a bundt pan.
• Cream butter or margarine; add sugar, and beat until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in crushed vanilla wafers alternately with milk. Add coconut and pecans, and mix until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 1/2 hours. Cool.

KEY LIME VANILLA BIRTHDAY CAKE

Steps:

• For the vanilla cake: Butter and flour two 8-inch round cake pans; line the bottoms with parchment rounds. Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Set aside. Cream the butter and granulated sugar together in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the egg whites. Beat until smooth, about 30 seconds. Beat in the vanilla.
• Reduce the speed to medium and add the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the buttermilk and beginning and ending with the flour, making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl several times. Beat on high to smooth the batter, 10 to 15 seconds. Remove the bowl from the mixer and fold the sprinkles in by hand.
• Divide the batter between the 2 pans and smooth the tops with a spatula. Bake until a tester inserted in the centers comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool the cakes on a rack for about 15 minutes, then remove from the pans, peel off the parchment and cool completely.
• For the key lime buttercream: Cream the butter and cream cheese in a clean mixer bowl in the stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the confectioners' sugar and salt and beat on the lowest speed until combined. Add the vanilla, lime zest and 2 tablespoons of the juice, then slowly increase the speed to high and beat until very light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes, adding the last tablespoon of lime juice if the buttercream seems too stiff to spread easily.
• Set one cake layer on a serving platter or cake turntable if you have one. Spread the top with about 1 1/2 cups buttercream almost to the edges. Top with the other cake layer, flat-side up. Spread the top of the cake with a heaping cup of buttercream and smooth with a large offset spatula. Spread the remaining buttercream on the sides of the cake. Hold the offset spatula at a 45-degree angle to the cake and rotate the cake (or turntable) to smooth the edges, leaving a thin layer of buttercream with the layers slightly showing through.
• Sprinkle the top of the cake with sprinkles and decorate the edge with the lime slices. Chill the cake to set the layers for at least 30 minutes or up to 1 hour before serving.

GRANDMA YEARWOOD'S COCONUT CAKE (MADE WITH VANILLA WAFERS)

Steps:

• Note: If using an 11 oz. box of vanilla wafers, add 1/8 cup flour to the recipe.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Generously coat a 9-inch bundt cake pan with cooking spray and a light dusting of flour.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, then add vanilla extract. Beat well.
• Add vanilla wafer, coconut flakes, and pecans. Mix until well incorporated.
• Pour batter in pan and bake for about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool completely.
• Use a knife to loosen the cake from the edges and interior of the pan. Invert onto a plate and give it a couple of good taps to unmold.

VANILLA WAFER CAKE IV

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch fluted tube pan such as a Bundt®. Mix together the coconut and ground pecans; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the crushed wafers alternately with the milk. Mix in the coconut and ground pecans. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

VANILLA WAFER COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each until light and fluffy. Add wafers to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Fold in coconut and nuts. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan with a removable bottom. Bake at 350° for 1-1/2 hours, testing after 1 hour. Cool on wire rack 15 minutes before removing from pan. Cool completely. If desired, garnish with whipped cream or ice cream.

VANILLA WAFER CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Add remaining ingredients and stir. Bake at 300 degrees for an hour and a half.

VANILLA WAFER CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325. Grease very well then flour a tube pan. Crush vanilla wafers. Melt butter.
• 2. Combine melted butter and sugar. Add one egg at a time mixing well after each addition. Now add remaining ingredients and combine well.
• 3. Pour into prepared "well" greased tube pan and bake at 325 for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes or until done. Test with cake tester or spaghetti noodle. Let cool in pan then turn out.
• 4. You can put a glaze on top if you want. It's good either way.