"Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." > wrote in
:
> Hey guys!
>
> Our son's birthday is coming up and he really wants a coconut cake - but
> it has to be coconut _in_ the cake itself (and it has to release well
> from a pan - as we are doing a character cake - this is why it has to be
> in the cake, and not the frosting/filling [although, if anybody has any
> recipes for a coconut frosting which is smooth and pipes well that'd be
> great too! - I'm assuming it would have coconut milk in it because any
> other coconut product would produce a non-smooth frosting].
>
> Hmm...coconut butter cream frosting...? :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Anne
>
Or perhaps this one?
----CAKE----
3 cup sifted flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter (no substitute!)
1 lb confectioner's sugar
4 egg yolks; well beaten
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup coconut
4 egg whites; well beaten
----COCONUT FROSTING----
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
3 tablespoon water
3 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cup coconut
CAKE:
Sift flour once, then measure. Add baking powder and salt, sift 3 times.
Cream butter thoroughly and add sugar gradually. Continue creaming until
light and fluffy.
Add egg yolks. Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating after each
addition.
Stir in vanilla and coconut, fold in eggwhites carefully.
Bake in greased 8-inch pans at 350 for 30 minutes.
COCONUT FROSTING:
Combine sugar, syrup, water, egg whites, cream of tartarand salt in top of
double boiler.
Cook over rapidly boiling water, beating with electric mixer until mixture
stands in peaks.
Remove from heat; add vanilla, continue beating until frosting holds deep
swirls.
Frost cake, sprinkle immediately with coconut, pressing into sides for
pretty cake.
MRS RAYMOND CARL GILBRECH (BETTY HOLLY GROVE, AR From the book <High Cotton
Cookin'>, Marvell Academy Mothers Assn, Marvell,AR 72366, ISBN 0-918544-14-
9, downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.
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Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.
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FIELDS, W. C.