Italian Cream Cake. Italian cream cake is NOT supposed to be this dense. This was like a dry, greasy brownie. The origin of Italian cream cake doesn't really seem to be known.

Regardless, 'Italian Cream Cake' (or sometimes also called Italian Cream Cheese Cake) is only a name and at the end of the day, you won't care because of how delicious it is. Italian cream cake is slightly more dense than the average cake (much like a carrot cake), and contains a heavenly combination of finely chopped pecans, coconut, and cream cheese frosting. You can ALWAYS find an Italian cream cake at my family holiday shindigs. You can cook Italian Cream Cake using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Italian Cream Cake

1. Prepare 1 box of white cake mix.
2. It's 1 (3.4 box) of vanilla pudding.
3. Prepare 4 of large eggs.
4. You need 1 1/4 cups of buttermilk.
5. It's 1/4 cup of vegetable oil.
6. You need 2 tbs of sour cream.
7. It's 1 tsp of mayonnaise.
8. You need 2 tsp of vanilla.
9. You need 1 cup of chopped pecans.
10. It's 2 cups of coconut flakes.
11. It's of Icing.
12. It's 1 (8 oz) of cream cheese.
13. Prepare 1/4 stick of butter.
14. You need 1 tsp of vanilla.
15. You need 2 1/2 cups of powder sugar.
16. Prepare 1 cup of crushed pecans.
17. You need 1 cup of coconut flakes.

I think everyone in my family has my grandma Barb's highly requested Italian Cream cake recipe (and now so do you. I'd never tasted an Italian cream cake before moving to Colorado. Now I bake for people in the area, and this beauty is one of my most requested treats. —Ann Bush, Colorado City, Colorado. Italian Cream Cake has three layers of moist cake covered in cream cheese frosting with plenty of coconut and pecans.

Italian Cream Cake step by step

1. Pre heat oven 350. Beat the first 8 ingredients at medium speed till will mixed 2-3 minutes..
2. Stir in pecans and coconut. Pour into a greased bundt pan..
3. Bake 40 minutes or until sticking a tooth pick in and come out dry. Cool 10 minutes until removing from pan..
4. Icing. For the frosting, add the butter and cream cheese in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium for 2 minutes. Turn the mixer down to low and gradually add the powder sugar and vanilla. Once combined, turn the mixer up to medium and beat for another two minutes. Now add pecans & coconut and mix for another minute. Spread onto cooled cake and serve. Store in refrigerator for up to 5 days!.

It's not hard at all to make and is perfect for a holiday celebration. See more ideas about Italian cream cakes, Cream cake, Cupcake cakes. Italian Cream Cake is a spectacular cake perfect for holidays, birthdays and celebrations. This Italian Cream Cake is a tender buttermilk and coconut cake, topped with a cream cheese icing, pecans, and more coconut. Old-fashioned Italian cream cake made with coconut, pecans, and cream cheese frosting.