Coconut Pound Cake

Name: Coconut Pound Cake
Ingredients: 2 1/2 c. sugar; 1 1/2 c. Crisco or other white shortening; 5 eggs; 3 c. plain flour; 1 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1 c. milk; 1 tsp. vanilla extract; 1/2 tsp. almond extract; 1 (7 oz.) can flaked coconut

10 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

2 1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. Crisco or other white shortening
5 eggs
3 c. plain flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 (7 oz.) can flaked coconut

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 300°.
2

Cream sugar and Crisco.
3

Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
4

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
5

Add alternately milk and the flour mixture to creamed mixture.
6

Lastly, add vanilla extract and almond extract and fold in contents of coconut.
7

Bake in greased and floured large tube pan for 1 1/2 hours at 300° or until cake tests done.
8

Cake makes its own topping.