Three Layer Coconut Cake

• 3 cups cake flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 cup boiling water
• 3 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut

1. Mix flour, 2 cups sugar, salt, and baking powder; add shortening and milk. Beat well. Beat in eggs and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla. Spread batter in three greased and floured 9 inch round pans.
2. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cool, and remove from pans.
3. Mix 3 cups sugar, corn syrup, and 1 cup boiling water in a saucepan; boil until mixture spins thread. Beat egg whites until stiff. Pour syrup over egg whites, beating constantly. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla to flavor the icing. Frost cake, and sprinkle with coconut.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

cake flour, white sugar, salt, baking powder, shortening, milk, eggs, vanilla, white sugar, light corn syrup, boiling water, egg whites, vanilla, flaked coconut

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7890/three-layer-coconut-cake/ (may not work)