Maw-Maws Coconut Cake
From lara38 17 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This is my grandmothers recipe. She would make these cakes & sell at the local bakery. She would also make them for all of her grandchildrens birthdays.
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening (or 2 sticks margarine) shopping list
- 1 cup milk shopping list
- 2 cups sugar shopping list
- 3 cups flour (self-rising;sift first,them measure,then sift again) shopping list
- 4 eggs shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- icing ( 7 minute frosting) shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups sugar shopping list
- 2 egg whites shopping list
- 1/3 cup water shopping list
- 1 1/2 tsp Karo light syrup shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- pinch salt shopping list
- Bakers flaked coconut shopping list
How to make it
- Have all ingredients at room temp. heat oven to 350. Place margarine in mixer. Sift & measrue flour & add sugar. Put flour mixture, eggs & vanilla in mixer. Mix all until moist on low speed. Mix on med. for 3-4 min.- no longer. Pour into grease & floured cake pans. " Burp" pans on counter. Bake for 30 min.
- 7 Minute Frosting; Place all ingredients except vanilla using double boiler. Beat with a hand mixer until icing peaks ( approx. 7 minutes). Remove from heat & beat in vanilla until cool.
- Frost one layer and top with second layer. Frost rest of cake and cover top & sides with flaked coconut.
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omg this brings back memories... TY my grandmother use to make a coconut cake just like this.. thank you again for sharing i cant wait to make it.
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wow great recipe thanks
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Oh my, I do love a good coconut cake! Your recipe sounds fantastic!
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