Recipe: Orange Coconut Cake with Orange Filling and Seven Minute Frosting

ORANGE COCONUT CAKE

1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup orange juice
1 can (3 1/2 ounces) flaked coconut
1 orange, sectioned
Orange Filling (recipe follows)
Seven Minute Frosting (click here for recipe)

Cream together butter, shortening, sugar and orange rind. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition,

Sift dry ingredients together. Beginning and ending with flour mixture, add alternately to creamed mixture with orange juice. Turn batter into 2 greased and lined 9-inch round cake pans.

Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F) 25 minutes. Cool.

Fill layers with Orange Filling and frost top and sides with Seven-Minute Frosting. Sprinkle top and sides with coconut. Place orange sections pinwheel fashion in center of cake.

ORANGE FILLING

2/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1 cup orange juice
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons butter

Mix sugar and flour in saucepan. Add orange juice and egg yolks. Place over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook one minute. Add butter and stir well. Cool before using.

Makes one (9-inch) layer cake
From: Recipelink.com
Source: Recipe pamphlet: Florida Citrus Favorites - Sunshine Fruit Recipes, Florida Citrus Commission, Lakeland, Florida, date unknown