Three Layer Coconut Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3 cups cake flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 cup boiling water
• 3 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• mix flour, 2 cups sugar, salt, and baking powder; add shortening and milk. beat well. beat in eggs and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla. spread batter in three greased and floured 9 inch round pans.
• bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). cool, and remove from pans.
• mix 3 cups sugar, corn syrup, and 1 cup boiling water in a saucepan; boil until mixture spins thread. beat egg whites until stiff. pour syrup over egg whites, beating constantly. add 1 teaspoon vanilla to flavor the icing. frost cake, and sprinkle with coconut.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).