Coconut Loaf

Cake-like quick bread from TOH 2003 Quick Cooking.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine, softened
• 1  cup sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup milk
• 1 1⁄4 cups flaked coconut

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
2. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in coconut.
3. Pour into a greased 9"x5"x3" loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
4. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
5. (This ends up being a good batter to put pudding mix into, as well, for when you're out of coconut. I've added a small box of butterscotch pudding, and it came out being absolutely delicious.).