coconut cream pound cake

By momofsixplus1

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, at room temperature
• 2 whole eggs
• 3 egg whites
• 1 1/2 tsp coconut extract
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 package (6 oz, about 1 1/2 cups) frozen coconut

Preparation

Step 1

preheat oven to 350. grease and lightly flour a 10-inch tube or bundt pan.

combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl and stir to mix. add the sugar, shortening, butter, whole eggs, egg whites, coconut extract, cream and coconut. beat with a mixer on low speed for about 1 minute, and then on medium-high speed for 2 minutes. the batter will be thick and fluffy

spoon into the prepared pan. bake for one hour. as soon as the cake comes out of the oven, turn it out of the pan onto a large plate.