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White Cocoanut Cake

From Wilkes County Home Demonstration Club cook book, 1947

Filling: 1 large cocoanut, 2 cups sugar, 3 t. white syrup, 3 egg whites, 0.5 cup boiling water. Boil sugar, syrup and water until spins thread. Pour over egg whites. Beat until thick enough to spread. Sprinkle cocoanut between layers and on top and side of cake. Mrs. Homer Carter, Pleasant Ridge Club

Presented as published in 1947. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Wilkes County Home Demonstration Club cook book (1947) by N.C.) Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs (Wilkes County, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WHITE COCOANUT CAKE 1 cup butter 2 cups granulated sugar 3 t. baking powder 1 large cocoanut 1 cup milk 3 cups cake flour 8 egg whites 1 t. vanilla

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