Ingredients:
- FOR THE CAKE:
- ½ lb. butter, softened
- 1½ cups sugar
- 5 eggs, separated
- 3 cups cake flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 tsp. coconut extract
- ½ cup new coconut shavings (or frozen flakes, thawed)
- FOR THE FROSTING:
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 egg whites
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- ¼ tsp. cream of tartar
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1½ tsp. vanilla extract
- ½ tsp. coconut extract
- 1½ cups new coconut shavings (or frozen flakes, thawed)