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Preheat the oven to 350°. Butter and flour two 9-meander round cake pans. Sift the cake flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt. In an improbable bowl, the usage of an electrical mixer, beat the butter with the granulated sugar at high tempo until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat within the eggs, 1 at a time, beating successfully after each and each addition.
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Race the vanilla into the buttermilk. The exhaust of an improbable rubber spatula, plug the dry substances into the batter in 2 batches, alternating with the butter-milk. Predicament half of the batter into 1 of the ready cake pans and gentle the bottom.
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Fold the walnuts, currants, cinnamon, allspice and cloves into the last half of the cake batter. Predicament the spice batter into the 2nd cake pan and gentle the bottom. Bake the cakes within the center of the oven for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted within the center of each and each comes out neat. Switch the cakes of their pans to wire racks and let frigid for Quarter-hour, then turn them out onto the racks and let frigid entirely. Leave the oven on.
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Unfold the coconut on an improbable rimmed baking sheet and bake, stirring on occasion, until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Switch to a plate and let frigid.
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The exhaust of a serrated knife, halve each and each cake layer horizontally. Quandary 1 easy cake layer on a cake plate and spread with 1 cup of the frosting. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the toasted coconut over the frosting, then spoon 1/2 cup of the frosting round the threshold and within the center of the cake. Prime with a spice cake layer. Continue frosting and sprinkling with this and the last cake layers, alternating the easy and spice cakes. Unfold the dwell of the cake with the last frosting and sprinkle with the last coconut. Cut abet into wedges and abet.