(by Shirley McNevich)
1 2/3 cup flour
1 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/3 cup Crisco shortening
1 egg
2/3 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Frosting: 3 TBSP melted butter; 4 TBSP cream; 2/3 cup Domino's
dark brown sugar (packed); 1/2 cup Baker's angelflake coconut
In a mixer add white sugar, shortening and egg--beat. Add salt--beat.
Add baking powder and vanilla--beat. Add milk--beat. Slowly add
flour--beat until mixed then beat for 3 minutes. Pour batter into a 9 x
13 greased cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes--test
with a toothpick for doneness. Frosting: in a bowl add melted butter
and cream--stir. Add brown sugar--stir until mixed. Add coconut--stir.
When cake is done, remove from oven and spread frosting on HOT
cake. Turn oven to broil and put cake in the oven under the broiler
until frosting starts to bubble. Cool completely.
 
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This recipe is from Shirley McNevich's first Mom's Best Recipes Volume 5. Published here with permission.
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