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Topping: Combine the melted butter, graham cracker crumbs, butterscotch chips, coconut, and pecans.
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Spread over bottom of a buttered 13x9-inch baking pan.
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Cake: Cream shortening with granulated sugar until light.
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Add vanilla and mix well.
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Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
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Into another bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
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Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, alternating with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour.
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Beat well after each addition.
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Beat for about 1 minute longer then pour over the topping.
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Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes, or until the cake bounces back when touched lightly with finger.
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Cool for 5 minute in the pan; invert carefully onto serving plate, spooning any topping left in the pan over the cake; cut into squares.