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Ingredients
| salted butter: 1 cup |
| granulated sugar: 2 cups |
| vanilla extract: 1 1/2 tsp |
| eggs: 4 |
| cake flour: 4 cups |
| baking powder: 4 tsp |
| salt: 1 tsp |
| 2% milk: 1 1/3 cups |
| granulated sugar: 3 cups |
| cream of tartar: 1/4 tsp |
| water: 1 cup (boiling) |
| eggs: 3 (whites) |
| vanilla extract: 3/4 tsp |
| almond extract: 1/2 tsp |
| coconuts: 1 (fresh//grated) |
Sunshine Butter Cake With Fresh Coconut Frosting
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
30 min -
Cook Time
40 min -
Servings
1 serving(s)
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- Cream throughly the butter and sugar.
- Add vanilla.
- Add eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition.
- Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and add to mixture, alternating with milk, ending with flour.
- Pour into 3 greased and floured 9" cake pans.
- Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.
- Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans.
- Cool before frosting.
- Store in cool place or refrigerate.
- Makes 1 cake.
- For Frosting:.
- Combine sugar, cream of tartar and boling water in 3 quart saucepan.
- With the aid of a candy thermometer that doesn't touch bottom of the pan, cook until the mixture reaches 240 degrees and makes a long thread with a spoon.
- Turn to a low heat when mixture begins to boil.
- The longer the mixture cooks the less likely it is to be grainy.
- Beat egg whites in a large bowl until stiff but not dry.
- Slowly pour the hot syrup , in a fine stream, into the egg whites, beating constantly.
- Add vanilla and almond flavoring and beat until frosting is cool enough to spread.
- Spread on tops and sides of cake layers, sprinkling with coconut.
- Join layers together.