Recipe: Coconut Pecan Filling and Frosting (Pet Evaporated Milk, 1963)

COCONUT PECAN FILLING AND FROSTING

2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 1/4 cups (1 can) cut-up coconut
2/3 cup cut-up pecans
1 teaspoons vanilla

Mix sugar, evaporated milk, butter and egg together in a heavy 2-quart saucepan. Stir over medium heat until mixture thickens and begins to bubble. Take off heat.

Stir in coconut, pecans and vanilla. Cool thoroughly.

Makes enough frosting for tops of two (8- or 9-inch) cake layers
From: Recipelink.com
Source: Recipe booklet: Plain and Fancy Recipes from Pet Milk Company, 1963