Coconut Cake

Here is another of my favorites - coconut - I am a lover of coconut and chocolate and I'm not sure which I love the most!!

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 10-12

Ingredients

• 2  cups  sifted yellow cake flour
• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 3⁄4 cup milk
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons vanilla extract or 1 1⁄4 teaspoons  coconut extract
• 2  eggs, unbeaten
• 1⁄3 cup  soft butter or 1⁄3 cup margarine
• 3  cups  sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla, exteact or 1 1⁄2 teaspoons  coconut extract
• 1  tablespoon  at a time milk or 1  tablespoon  cream

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
2. Sift together dry ingredients. Add shortening, milk and vanilla. Mix well, scraping sides and bottom often. Add eggs. Beat 30 seconds longer. Divide batter evenly between pans.
3. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Cool.
4. In separate bowl, cream butter with sugar using an electric mixer. Add vanilla. Mix. Add milk or cream 1 tablespoons at a time until the icing becomes a desired spreading consistency.
5. Frost the cake, immediately patting the finished product all over with flaked coconut - ENJOY!