Nee Nees Prized Coconut Cake Food

NEE NEE'S PRIZED COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine boiling water to butter and sugar. Cream well with mixer. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together, three times. Add these dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, alternating with the milk. Add vanilla. Fold in coconut and beaten egg whites, by hand. Pour into 3 nine-inch cake pans that have been well greased and floured. Bake for 20-25 minutes according to your oven.
• Icing:.
• Combine egg whites, sugar, syrup, water, salt and cream of tartar. Place in double boiler over boiling water. Beat with a hand mixer until mixture stands with "peaks" (approximately 10 minutes). Remove from heat, add vanilla and continue beating until thick enough to spread. Use fresh or frozen grated coconut to sprinkle between each layer along with the icing and sprinkle generously on the top and sides. Keep any leftovers refrigerated.

BISQUICK VELVET COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 8"x8"x2" square cake pan or 9" x 1-1/2" round pan.
• Beat all ingredients (except topping) on low speed, scraping bowl constantly 30 seconds.
• Beat on medium speed, 4 minutes.
• Pour into pan.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick in center comes out clean.
• Cool slightly and spread topping.
• FOR TOPPING: In a small bowl, mix all ingredients together by hand and set aside until cake is cooked and cooled slightly.
• Set oven control to broil.
• Broil about 3 inches from the heat until topping is golden brown about 3 minutes.

NEE'S HOT BUTTERED RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add sugar and beat on medium speed for 5 minutes.
• Add eggs one at a time.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and whisk until blended.
• Add the dry mixture to the butter, alternating with the cup of buttermilk until well blended.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Using a 10-inch tube pan or a 12-cup Bundt pan (greased and floured to prevent sticking), pour batter into pan and bake at 325° for one hour.
• Cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack, then transfer to cake plate and cool completely.
• THIS IS THE TRICKY PART---once cake has cooled completely, return it to the baking pan and prick holes at 1-inch intervals with a wooden pick or skewer.
• Pour 2/3 of the sauce mixture over the cake allowing it to soak into the holes.
• After this has set for about 15 minutes, remove the cake from the pan again and place it on your cake plate and pour the remaining butter sauce over the cake.
• FOR SAUCE: Combine sugar, butter and water in a medium saucepan and cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves; stirring constantly.
• Once this thickens, remove from the heat and add the rum.
• Stir well.

NEE'S WHIPPING CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Using a heavy mixer, beat the butter until light and creamy (about 2 minutes).
• Gradually add the sugar and beat well on medium speed for 6 minutes.
• Add the eggs, one at a time.
• Add the flour and whipping cream, alternating, but beginning and ending with flour and blending on low until mixture is well blended.
• Add the flavorings.
• Pour batter into a tube pan which has been greased and floured to prevent sticking.
• Bake at 300° for 1 1/2 hours (depending on your oven, it might take longer--insert a wooden toothpick in the center and if it comes out clean, the cake is done).
• Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes before turning out on to cake plate.
• This can also be baked in 2 loaf pans for 1 hour or so (use the toothpick method to test for doneness).