You can find: How to: Almond Joy Layer Cake – Part 1

Place parchment paper around your cake stand.
It will keep your surface clean.
After you’re done decorating the cake just pull out.

Use the time until the cake cools down to spread the almonds on a baking sheet and let it toast for 12 minutes.
Once done, let cool.

In a saucepan, combine 3/4 cup cream.

Add 1/4 cup granulated sugar.

Add a pinch of salt, let simmer, stirring, over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved.
Should take approximately 3 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in 2 tsp. vanilla and 3 packed cups coconut.

Fold until get a consistent mix.

When cool, fold in 1 1/2 cups almonds.

Keep folding until you get a consistent mix.

We deviated from the recipe here by making the weeped cream at this point.
Use 2 1/4 cups cream.

Put in a bowl or a mixer bowl.

Add 1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar.

Whip until stiff.

Place you cake on a flat surface.

Remove parchment paper.

Split the cake layers to make 4 layers.
Cut each cake to 2.
We used Rachel Ray’s tip on how to cut and it worked like a charm:
“Use a long serrated knife to slice about 1 inch into the layer, turning as you cut, until you’ve gone all the way around.
Repeat, cutting deeper into the layer until it’s evenly sliced in half.
(Rookie mistake: trying to slice straight through— crooked city!)”

Place 1 layer cut side up on a cake stand and spread with 1 cup of the coconut-almond mixture.

We deviated from the recipe by adding some of the whipped cream on top of the coconut-almond mixture between each layer.

Place the second layer cut side down and spread with 1 cup more of the mixture and whipped cream.

Repeat with the remaining cake layers and filling.
Cover the cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours to firm up.

Sprinkle the top with remaining almonds.

Remove parchment paper from around your cake stand and wipe any access cake.

Finally the cake is done and looking beautiful, like a work of art.

Time for taste test…

This is one of the best cakes we’ve ever tasted.
The birthday girl thought the same 🙂

Enjoy!

 You can find: How to: Almond Joy Layer Cake – Part 1

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