INGREDIENTS
500 gr of sugar or 2 cups
475 gr of flour or 3 cups and a half
2 teaspoons of baking powder
250 gr of Butter with salt
1 ½ cup of natural orange juice
6 eggs
For the filling:
dehydrated coconut
Arequipe (how to make homemade home)
For butter cream:
250 gr of butter
3 egg whites
320 gr of powdered sugar
Coconut essence
PREPARATION
For the cake:
Put to preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Separate the whites and the yolks.
Beat the yolks with a fork.
Have the butter at room temperature.
Put the butter and the sugar to cream, when it is white it means that it already creamed, then we proceed to add the yolks already beaten a little, we wait for them to join the mixture, we continue with the orange juice and the flour with the powder to bake the interspersed, wait until the mixture is fully incorporated, then in a separate bowl beat the egg whites until stiff, and then add them to the mixture, when you see that it is well incorporated and you can throw in the mold your cake
Grease the molds and put waxed paper so that they do not stick.
Leave approximately 50 minutes (tip: when you see that the cake is separated from the edges it means that it is ready).
While we wait for this the cake we will make the filling:
We put in a pan over low heat the arequipe when it is already melted we add the dehydrated coconut, wait for it to cool down.
For the filling:
Put the arequipe in a pan when we see that it is melted, add the coconut, mix it when it is well mixed, take it out and let it cool.
The butter cream:
We put the sugar and butter to cream when this cremado add the essence of coconut let it sit for about 10 minutes
Apart we will have a pot in a bain-marie in which we will put the whites, beat with a spatula constantly, so that we do not stick the edges about 3 or 4 minutes low and beat to the point of snow, when we have the clear ones to point of snow and the butter reposado we are going to incorporate it immersively mind.
Let the cake cool down and cool the filling If you wish you can sprinkle icing sugar and you're ready to enjoy