I've been looking for a scratch coconut cake to make for my father who remembers his Mom making them, including grating the coconut!
I found the following recipe in a cookbook I bought at an estate sale, but being a novice, I wasn't really sure how to proceed. I found a white cake recipe that looked similar and tried to follow the directions, but the result was not very good. I whipped the egg whites separately and tried to fold in, but I was afraid to mix too much and they didn't blend in very well!
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to combine these ingredients, what heat oven to use, etc?
2/3 cup butter
2 cp sugar
3 cp flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 cp warm water
1 tsp orange extract
8 egg whites
1 tsp salt
The directions say: "the cake is made as any good white cake is, by creaming butter and sugar very well, etc. Place in two layers and bake":crazy:
Then she gives the coconut icing recipe.
My results were tough and eggy.
Any thoughts appreciated!
I found the following recipe in a cookbook I bought at an estate sale, but being a novice, I wasn't really sure how to proceed. I found a white cake recipe that looked similar and tried to follow the directions, but the result was not very good. I whipped the egg whites separately and tried to fold in, but I was afraid to mix too much and they didn't blend in very well!
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to combine these ingredients, what heat oven to use, etc?
2/3 cup butter
2 cp sugar
3 cp flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 cp warm water
1 tsp orange extract
8 egg whites
1 tsp salt
The directions say: "the cake is made as any good white cake is, by creaming butter and sugar very well, etc. Place in two layers and bake":crazy:
Then she gives the coconut icing recipe.
My results were tough and eggy.
Any thoughts appreciated!
