Coconut Cream Cake with Lemon and Lime Filling
| Yield: | 1 Cake |
| Categories: | Cakes |
| Cake: | ||
| 2 1/2 | c | Flour (sift before measure) |
| 2 1/2 | ts | Baking powder |
| 1/2 | ts | Salt |
| 1 | c | Butter, softened |
| 2 | c | Sugar |
| 4 | Eggs | |
| 1 | c | Milk |
| 1 | ts | Vanilla |
| Filling: | ||
| 1 | c | Sugar |
| 3 | tb | Cornstarch |
| 1/2 | ts | Salt |
| 1/2 | c | Orange juice |
| 2 | tb | Lemon juice |
| 2 | tb | Lime juice |
| 1/4 | c | Water |
| 3 | Egg yolks | |
| 1 | tb | Grated lemon peel |
| 1 | tb | Grated lime peel |
| Green food coloring (opt) | ||
| Frosting: | ||
| 2 | c | Heavy cream, chilled |
| 1/2 | c | Sifted confectioners sugar |
| 1 | c | (4oz) flaked coconut |
| 3 | Thin slices lime, halved |
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