Glorious Coconut Cake Recipe
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Ingredients: Cake:
2 sticks butter
2 c sugar
4 eggs
3 c self rising flour
1 c milk
1 t vanilla
Milk Sauce:
1 c sugar
1/2 c milk
1 T butter
7 Minute Icing:
1 1/2 c sugar
1/2 c cold water
1 T white Karo Syrup
1 t vanilla
3 egg whites
2 bags of frozen coconut
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Directions:Cake Layers: Cream softened butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Add flour and milk, beginning and ending with flour and mix well. Incorporate vanilla into batter. Divide batter into 3 nine inch cake pans sprayed with Pam or substitute other spray oil. Spread batter evenly in cake pans. Gently drop pans on counter to level batter. Bake in a preheated 350º oven 25 to 30 minutes. Cake is done when cake edges pull away from pan. For the milk sauce: Bring the sugar and milk to a high temperature, do not boil. Add the butter and stir. Set off of heat. For the icing: Beat egg whites until stiff and set aside. Measure water, sugar and syrup and bring to a boil.
Set timer for 7 minutes and stir and test continually. Watch for the sugar and water mixture to spin a thread. Do this by letting mixture run off of spoon or fork. When it starts to thicken it will be thread like or stringy. It will take 6 or 7 minutes to reach this stage or you may use a thermometer. Remove from heat as soon as you see the thread. Pour hot syrup gradually into egg whites and beat until frosting consistency. To assemble cake: Cool layers and place first layer on cake plate. Prick holes with a fork over the cake layer, spoon a tablespoon or so of sauce over first layer and then
spoon 7 Minute Icing on layer. Sprinkle coconut on layer over sauce and icing. Continue process with the other 2 cake layers. Use remaining icing to frost cake and sprinkle coconut on top and sides of cake. |
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Servings:10 - 12 |
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Time:About 1 and 1/2 hours |
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Notes: My Mom says: "This recipe was given to me by Alice Coats. She was in her late 80's and did every thing the old fashioned way. You may use one of Paula Deen's recipes for 7 Minute Icing, but I prefer this one."
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