Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        --cake--
  4                     eggs
  2               cups  sugar
  2 1/2           cups  unbleached flour
                        plus extra for dusting
  2          teaspoons  baking powder
  1           teaspoon  salt
  1                cup  oil
  1                cup  dry white wine
  1         tablespoon  vanilla extract
                        grated peel of 1/2 lemon
                        nonstick cooking spray
                        --pastry cream--
  1 1/3           cups  milk
  1         tablespoon  vanilla extract
  1                cup  sugar
  6                     egg yolks
     1/4           cup  cornstarch
  1              pound  mascarpone cheese or
                        cream cheese
                        --assembly--
  2               cups  whipping cream -- whipped
  3               cups  sweetened flake coconut

Preparation:

Beat eggs and sugar in mixer at high speed until pale and frothy. Turn off mixer and add flour, baking powder, salt, oil, wine, vanilla and lemon peel. Beat 2 minutes at high speed. Divide batter between 2 (9-inch) layer cake pans that have been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and dusted inside with extra flour. Bake at 350 degrees until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on rack 5 minutes. Turn out and cool completely. Heat milk and vanilla to boil and keep hot. Beat sugar and egg yolks in mixer until fluffy and pale in color. Reduce speed, add cornstarch and beat until blended. Add hot milk, beating continuously. When well blended, return to saucepan and heat slowly, stirring constantly to keep mixture from sticking to bottom of pan. Cook until very thick. Pour into bowl, cover with plastic wrap and set aside to cool. When completely cooled, combine cream mixture with mascarpone cheese to form thick filling. Spread all of Pastry Cream in thick, even layer on bottom cake layer. Cover with top cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake with whipped cream and cover with coconut.

Nutritional Information:

504 Calories (kcal); 28g Total Fat; (50% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 56g Carbohydrate; 170mg Cholesterol; 233mg Sodium