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Old Fashioned Southern Coconut Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Coconut Icing:

1 ½ cup sugar
½ cup milk
½ stick butter
¾ cup coconut juice
2 cups fresh grated coconut (approximately)
Additional coconut juice

Main Ingredients:

1 cup butter
2 cup sugar
3 cup all-purpose flour (White Lily)
4 eggs (room temp)
½ tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
¾ cup whole milk
Directions:
Directions:
Coconut Icing:

Mix all ingredients, except coconut, together in large saucepan. Bring to boil and cook about 1- 2 mins. Let cool a bit. Spoon some coconut juice on layers, then spoon icing on layers, adding fresh grated coconut on each layer. Let cake stand in cold room overnight to soak, wrap in foil paper and refrigerate.

Cake:

Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs 1 at a time. Alternately add flour and milk, starting and ending with flour. (You might not need all of the milk). Makes 3 layers. Bake at 325ºF for 20-30 minutes. Do not overcook. Cool in pan.

 

 

 

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