Description
Oh my goodness!!! Totally worth all of the work! Everyone always asks for and always loves!!
Ingredients
- Margarine
- Sugar
- Self-rising Flour
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- Coconut Milk
- Milk
- Water
- Egg Whites
- Coconut Extract
- Frozen Coconut
Instructions
- Place margarine in a mixing bowl
- Fluff with mixer
- Add sugar, small amounts at a time
- Add eggs one at a time
- Add flour a little bit at a time alternating with the milk
- Add the vanilla
- Spray cake pans with pam and dust lightly with flour
- Cake will make 4 layers
- If you only have 2 cake pans [like me — ], you can bake in 2 shifts
- Bake at 350f for 25 minutes
- After taking the final pans out of the oven, let cool
- You can begin cooking the frosting here
- For frosting:
- Put sugar in a 3-qt
- Sauce pan
- Add water
- Stir a little to dissolve sugar
- Bring to a boil and stop stirring
- Lower heat to medium, bring to soft ball stage, until it just begins to spin a thread while it cooks
- Remember, do not stir the frosting while cooking
- The process will take about 15-20 minutes
- Meanwhile, beat egg whites until stiff
- Pour cooked syrup into the egg whites in a thin stream while you beat it with a spoon
- Beat for a few minutes to cool it a little
- Add coconut and coconut flavoring
- When it starts to cool a little, it is ready to frost the cake
- Wait 10-15 minutes for this to occur
- While frosting, keep this in mind: frosting tends to separate
- Make sure that you keep the frosting homogenous while frosting
- Frosting is very thin, so it will fall off of the cake
- Make sure to frost on the platter that you will serve the cake on
- Also, keep reapplying the frosting that falls off until almost all is reabsorbed
- Fresh coconut will stick to sides and syrup will absorb into cake
- This is the most moist, delicious, yummy cake in the world! perfect for an anniversary or holiday!