Amalgamation Cake I

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups butter
• 9 egg whites
• 1 cup milk
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 lb butter
• 4 cups chopped nuts
• 9 egg yolks
• 1 cup coconut water (from fresh coconut; canned may be substituted)
• 2 cups grated coconut

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f; grease and flour two 8" round cake pans.
• 2 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add vanilla.
• 3 sift flour and baking powder together; add alternatively to butter mixture with milk.
• 4 beat eggs whites until stiff; fold into batter.
• 5 pour into greased and floured pans; bake for 35 minutes.
• 6 when done, turn out onto grate to cool.
• 7 while cake is baking, boil together sugar, butter, egg yolks, and coconut water until thick enough to spread. remove from heat; stir in pecans and coconut.
• 8 spread between cooled layers.