{"id":1398,"date":"2026-01-30T12:16:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:16:52","slug":"italian-cream-sheet-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/italian-cream-sheet-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Cream Sheet Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Italian Cream Sheet Cake<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<h4>For the Cake:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>2 cups granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>5 large eggs, separated<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup buttermilk<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sweetened shredded coconut<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>For the Cream Cheese Frosting:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bd cup unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>8 oz cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>4\u20135 cups powdered sugar (adjust to taste)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup chopped pecans (optional, for topping)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Preheat the oven<\/strong><br \/>\nPreheat oven to 350\u00b0F (180\u00b0C).<br \/>\nGrease and flour a 9\u00d713-inch sheet pan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cream butter and sugar<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add egg yolks<\/strong><br \/>\nAdd the egg yolks one at a time, mixing well after each addition.<br \/>\nStir in the vanilla extract.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mix dry ingredients<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Combine wet and dry<\/strong><br \/>\nAdd the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk to the butter mixture, mixing gently until combined.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beat egg whites<\/strong><br \/>\nIn another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.<br \/>\nGently fold them into the batter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add coconut and nuts<\/strong><br \/>\nFold in the shredded coconut and chopped nuts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake<\/strong><br \/>\nPour the batter into the prepared pan.<br \/>\nBake for 30\u201335 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.<br \/>\nLet the cake cool completely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Cream Cheese Frosting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Beat the butter and cream cheese together until smooth and creamy.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually add powdered sugar and vanilla extract.<\/li>\n<li>Beat until light and spreadable.<\/li>\n<li>Spread frosting over the cooled cake and sprinkle with chopped pecans if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis cake tastes even better the next day as the flavors develop more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Italian Cream Sheet Cake Ingredients For the Cake: 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 2 cups granulated sugar 5 large eggs,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1400,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions\/1400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}