Almond Coconut Cake | Raffaello Cake Recipe

Christmas is around the corner. I started thinking what dessert to make for our yearly Christmas dinner which usually held at our house. I always love white Christmas, and I suddenly have a white cake in mind, a fluffy white cake with shredded coconut flakes covering the cake like snow. Then having some coconut white chocolate truffles like snowman, and red cherry on the cake to bring out the Christmas color. I just can't wait for that day. 
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That was the image outside of the cake. So what about the cake itself? Chocolate cake? Nah...Vanilla sponge? Nah...Butter cake? Nah...I think almond cake with white chocolate and coconut frosting will go well with the theme. That's it. An almond white chocolate coconut cake it is!

Delicate and elegant Almond Coconut Cake (Raffaello Cake)- made with an almond sponge cake, a white chocolate, mascarpone and coconut filling and topped with Raffaello Truffles, chopped almonds, chocolate curls and shredded coconut.
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Ingredients:

8 inch round pan
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Almond Cake:
5 large eggs (in this video I used 6 medium size eggs)
150g castor sugar
90g ground almonds
95g all-purpose flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
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White Chocolate Coconut Frosting:
180g white chocolate
3 tbsp canned coconut milk
250g Mascarpone cheese, room temperature
500g whipping cream, chilled
20g powdered sugar
30g unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tsp coconut extract
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Cake Assembling:
4 tbsp canned coconut milk
30g unsweetened shredded coconut
White Chocolate Coconut Truffles
Fresh cherries
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