White Buttermilk Coconut Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (do not use margarine!)
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Instructions
Cream butter, add sugar gradually, creaming continuously. Mix dry ingredients together in separate bowl. Alternately add buttermilk and dry ingredients to butter mixture. Add vanilla and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in 9 x 13 pan at 350 F for 40 minutes (do not overbake). White Icing 3 egg whites 2 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup water 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp. baking powder 1 can of coconut Boil 2 cups of sugar with 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar until syrup threads. Beat egg whites, 1/2 cup sugar and baking powder. Slowly add syrup, beat until desired consistency. Spread over cake. Sprinkle coconut on top.
