Coconut Layer Cake with Coconut Pastry Cream and Meringue Frosting

This coconut cake is based on the one you’ll find at Colher de Pau (see box), a sweet little store in Leblon. The translation of toalha felpuda is ‘furry towel’, referring to the white blanket of coconut frosting that covers the cake. From the very first bite, you’ll recognise that this is a coconut cake unlike any other. There is something about it that allows you to eat without feeling the weight of food entering your body, as if you were eat