Puerto Rico coconut cake
Puerto Rico coconut cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup coconut milk or sweet milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 large egg whites
Recipe method:
- Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Cream butter.
- Add 1 cup of the sugar and cream well.
- Combine coconut milk or sweet milk and vanilla extract.
- Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
- In a small bowl, beat egg whites until foamy.
- Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup sugar and beat until stiff and glossy.
- Fold beaten whites into the batter carefully.
- Bake in 2, 9 inch, layer pans at 350 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Frost with favorite seven minute frosting and sprinkle with coconut.
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