Coconut Cake – Thompson

Coconut Cake - Thompson

A vintage handwritten recipe for a classic Coconut Cake.

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Ingredients

Coconut Cake

2+ cups Sifted plain flour 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons
1.5 cups Sugar
3.5 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Soft shortening (Crisco)
1 1/4 tsp Almond flavoring
3 Eggs
1 cup Sweet Milk
1 cup Coconut (fresh or canned)

Icing

1 cup Sugar
1/3 cup Water
1/3 tsp Cream of Tartar
2 Stiffly beaten egg whites
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Flavoring

Method

Coconut Cake

Heat oven to 350-degrees.
Grease and flour pans, either two layer pans, an oblong pan, or a tube pan.
Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; add shortening, milk, and flavoring. Beat two minutes, medium speed on mixer.
Scrape sides and bottom constantly, add eggs. Beat two more minutes, scraping bowl frequently.
Stir coconut into the batter before baking. Pour into prepared pans.
Bake layer pans 35 minutes, oblong 45 minutes, tube pan one hour or until cake tests done.

Icing

In a saucepan, combine sugar, water, and cream of tartar.
Slowly cook to 242 degrees, keeping sides of pan washed down.
Cook until mixture spins a thread.
Pour slowly over whites with mixer running on high speed; add flavoring.
Beat until icing holds its peak.
This will ice one pound cake, double recipe for 2 layer cake.

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8 inch Cake Pans 2

9x13 Cake Pan 1

10-inch Tube Pan, Silicone

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Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Cake, Coconut

Ingredients

2 cups and 2 tablespoons sifted plain flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup soft shortening (Crisco)
1 1/4 teaspoon almond flavoring
3 eggs
1 cup sweet milk

1 cup coconut (fresh or canned)

Icing – Double Recipe

1 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1/3 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 stiffly beaten egg whites
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

In a saucepan, combine sugar, water, and cream of tartar. Cook slowly to 242 degrees, keeping sides of pan washed down. Cook until spins a thread. Pour slowly over whites with mixer running on high speed; add flavoring. Beat until icing until hard {} peaks.

This will ice one pound cake, double recipe for 2 layer cake.

Method

Heat oven to 350-degrees. Grease and flour pans either two layers or an oblong or tube. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; add shortening, milk, and flavoring. Beat two minutes medium speed on mixer. Scrape sides and bottom constantly, add eggs. Beat two more minutes scraping bowl frequently. Stir coconut into the batter before baking. Pour into prepared pans.

Bake layer pans 35 minutes, oblong 45 minutes, tube pan one hour or until cake tests done.