Recipe: 1-2-3-4 Cake with Seven Minute White Coconut Icing

Hi Mary,

Here is another recipe for you. This one doesn't have the date filling but it has a white coconut frosting as you describe (the old standby 7-Minute Frosting). If the exact recipe you're seeking doesn't surface you may want to try substituting dates in recipes calling for raisins in the filling.

1-2-3-4- Cake with 7-Minute White Coconut Icing

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups flour, sifted
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter - add sugar and beat thoroughly.

Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition until batter is fluffy.

Sift all dry ingredients together and add alternately to cream mixture with milk and vanilla.

Bake in three 9 inch layer pans that have been greased and floured at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

7-MINUTE WHITE ICING FOR COCONUT CAKE

3 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar
6 tbsp. light Karo syrup
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla

Place all ingredients except vanilla in top of double boiler. Set top of double boiler onto bottom part of double boiler that contains rapidly boiling water. Beat with electric mixer at high speed for 4 to 5 minutes or until mixture forms peaks. Remove from heat; add vanilla. Beat until cool.

Spread on cake; add coconut after each layer is iced.

Happy Baking!

Betsy
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