Coconut Cream Party Cake by Jessica Battilana

I have spent a lot of my life trying to develop a recipe for the ultimate yellow cake, one that tastes like it came from a mix.

YIELD: Makes one 8-inch layer cake

From Jessica Battilana's Repertoire:

"There’s a line from a Bonnie Raitt song that I love, when she sings that in her 'sweet dreams' she's in a bar on her birthday, 'drinking salty margaritas with Fernando.'

Well, I like salty margaritas, but in my sweet dreams it’s my birthday and someone has baked me this cake.

I have sp…