Coconut Dream Cake

INGREDIENTS

2 cups

flour

1 1/2 tsp

baking powder

1/2 tsp

baking soda

1 cup

butter (at room temperature)

1 3/4 cups

sugar

eggs (separated (keep both the yolks and the whites))

1 tsp

vanilla

1 cup

buttermilk

3/4 cup

sweetened shredded coconut

1 1/2

packages of cream cheese (at room temperature)

1/2 cup

butter (at room temperature)

1/2 tsp

vanilla

1 tsp

coconut extract

4 cups

icing sugar (confectioners sugar)

1 cup

sweetened shredded coconut

3/4 cup

shredded sweetened coconut (toasted. See below for instruction.)