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Texas Sun Gold Coconut Cake
Ingredients
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs, separated
3 cups pastry flour
2 cups sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
plain or marshmallow icing
1 cup shredded coconut
Directions
Cream the shortening and sugar together. Mix in the egg yolks. Stir in the vanilla.
Sift the flour, 2 cups of sugar, baking powder and salt together. Add the sifted mixture to the creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.
Transfer the batter evenly into 3 layer cake pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until the cake tests done.
After allowing the cake layers to cool on wire racks, frost with a plain or marshmallow icing and sprinkle generously with coconut.
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