Three Layer Coconut Cake

Ingredients

• 5 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 3 cups cake flour 
• 0.5 cup coconut or flaked
• 1 tablespoon plus light
• 3  egg whites 
• 4  eggs 
• 1.5 cups milk 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.8 cup shortening 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1 cup water boiling
• 3 cups sugar white

Equipment

• sauce pan
• oven

Directions

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