Name: Italian Cream Cake
Ingredients: Cream Cheese Icing; Vegetable cooking spray; 2 cups sugar; 1/2 cup light butter; 2 egg yolks; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup low-fat buttermilk; 1/2 cup chopped pecans; 1 teaspoon butter extract; 1 teaspoon coconut extract; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 6 egg whites (at room temperature); Sugared kumquats (optional); Orange rind strips (optional); Kumquat leaves (optional)

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Italian Cream Cake

Course: Dessert

Keyword: cake

Servings:

Author: Cooking Light

Ingredients

Cream Cheese Icing
Vegetable cooking spray
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup light butter
2 egg yolks
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon butter extract
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 egg whites at room temperature
Sugared kumquats optional
Orange rind strips optional
Kumquat leaves optional

Instructions

Prepare Cream Cheese Icing; cover and chill.
Coat bottoms of 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray (do not coat sides of pans); line bottoms of pans with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray, and dust with flour; set aside.
Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine 2 cups flour and baking soda; stir well. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in pecans and extracts.
Beat egg whites at high speed of a mixer until stiff peaks form (do not overbeat). Fold egg whites into batter; pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 23 minutes. Let cool in pans 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen cake layers from sides of pans using a narrow metal spatula, and turn out onto wire racks. Peel off wax paper, and let cool completely.
Place 1 cake layer on a plate, and spread with 2/3 cup Cream Cheese Icing; top with another cake layer. Repeat with 2/3 cup icing and remaining layer, ending with cake. Spread remaining icing over cake. Garnish with kumquats, orange rind, and kumquat leaves, if desired.
Note: To make sugared kumquats, dip kumquats into lightly beaten egg whites, and drain; roll in sugar.
CREAM CHEESE ICING
Ingredients
1 tablespoon light butter
1 (8-ounce) package Neufchâtel cheese
1 (1-pound) package powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
Cream butter and cheese at high speed of a mixer until fluffy. Add sugar; beat at low speed until well-blended. Add vanilla; beat well.