Simply Cake recipes

This coconut cake is made in a tube pan.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 can (3 1/2 ounces) coconut

Preparation:

Cream shortening and sugar; add eggs, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Fold in flaked coconut. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake coconut cake at 325° for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until cake tests done. Frost as desired.