Fresh Coconut Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups cake flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sweet milk
• 4 eggs, whole
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 cup sweet milk
• 1/8 cup butter
• 1/4 cup coconut
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 large fresh coconut, grated

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar for at least 10 minutes. sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. alternately add milk and flour to creamed mixture. beat in one egg at a time. add vanilla. pour in three greased and floured 8-inch cake pans. bake 25 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
• 2 for a moist cake, make a filling by combining sugar, milk, butter, and coconut. heat almost to a boiling point and put mixture over each layer of cake.
• 3 make a divinity icing of last six ingredients. boil sugar, water, and corn syrup until mixture spins a thread. slowly pour boiled mixture over stiffly beaten egg whites. add 1 teaspoon vanilla. continue beating until spreading consistency is reached.
• 4 heap icing and coconut between layers and on top and sides of cake.