INGREDIENTS
3
Wire cooling racks
3 tsp
Lemon, zest
3 tsp
Lime, zest
1
Lime, Fresh very thin slices
1
Strawberries, Fresh
7
Egg whites (about 210 grams)
2
Eggs, large
1
Key lime” curd, Homemade
3 2/3 tbsp
Lemon juice, freshly squeezed
3 2/3 tbsp
Lime juice, freshly squeezed
2 1/4 cups
All-purpose flour
1 tsp
Baking powder
3/4 tsp
Baking soda
1 tbsp
Brown sugar, firmly packed light
4 cups
Confectioners' sugar
3 5/16 cups
Granulated sugar
1 tsp
Kosher salt
1
Metal angled or offset icing spatula
1
Metal icing spatula
1/2 cup
Palm shortening, organic
2 pinches
Sea salt, fine
5 1/2 tsp
Vanilla, pure such as
1
Whipped cream
2
Butter or favorite cooking oil
3/4 cup
Coconut, organic unsweetened
1
Coconut, sweetened
1/2 cup
Macadamia nuts, whole
1
9-inch cardboard cake, round
1
Cake turntable
2
Insulated cake strips
1
Pastry brush
6
graham crackers
1 11/16 cups
Butter, unsalted
3 8 ounce packages
Cream cheese, such as
1 1/4 cups
Dairy sour cream
1/4 cup
Heavy whipping cream
1 1/2 tsp
Grand marnier orange cognac
1 1/2 tsp
Orange liqueur, fine quality
1 tbsp
Tequila, fine quality
2 tbsp
Purified water
1
Parchment paper
1
Wax paper
Two 9-inch by 1½- to 2-inch round cake pans
One 9-inch nonstick springform pan
One baking sheet
Piping bag, coupler and no. 21 star decorating tip, not necessary if no piping is desired
Mini prep food processor