Coconut Cake

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups sifted yellow cake flour
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract or 1 1/4 teaspoons coconut extract
• 2 eggs, unbeaten
• 1/3 cup soft butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, exteact or 1 1/2 teaspoons coconut extract
• 1 tablespoon at a time milk or 1 tablespoon cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
• 2 sift together dry ingredients. add shortening, milk and vanilla. mix well, scraping sides and bottom often. add eggs. beat 30 seconds longer. divide batter evenly between pans.
• 3 bake 25-30 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. cool.
• 4 in separate bowl, cream butter with sugar using an electric mixer. add vanilla. mix. add milk or cream 1 tablespoons at a time until the icing becomes a desired spreading consistency.
• 5 frost the cake, immediately patting the finished product all over with flaked coconut - enjoy!