Coconut Pound Cake

Grandma Reva's recipe

 

Ingredients:

1 cup shortening

2 cups sugar

6 eggs

1 teaspoon butter flavoring

1 teaspoon vanilla

1, 1/2 cup can coconut

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups flour

 

Cream together shortening and sugar, add eggs one at a time. Mix on high speed. Add butter flavoring, vanilla, coconut, salt, and flour. Mix well. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Glaze:

½ cup water

1 cup Sugar

½ tsp. coconut flavoring

Boil for 1 minute, and brush on cake while hot, in cake pan. Leave cake in pan until cool.

Bake in 10 inch stem can/angel food cake pan.