Texas Coconut Pound Cake

By kayjayjohnson

Ingredients

• 2/3 c crisco
• 2 stk butter or margarine
• 3 c white sugar
• 3 c all purpose flour
• 5 lg eggs
• 1 c milk, whole
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1-1 1/2 c coconut, shredded
• 2 tsp coconut extract

Preparation

Step 1

Spray tube pan with Crisco no stick spray with flour.

Cream butter, Crisco and sugar. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each. Add coconut flavoring. Sift flour and add baking powder. Alternate adding flour and milk to sugar mixture. Add coconut.

Pour into pan.

Bake @325-350 for 1 hr to 1 hr 15 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes turn on cooling rack.

Note: You can make a glaze of powdered sugar, milk and small amount of coconut flavoring.