My Great Grandmother's Buttermilk Lemon Coconut Cake Recipe

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My Great Grandmother's Buttermilk Lemon Coconut Cake
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Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
591
Calories
Total time
100
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups shortening
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda , dissolved in
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 1/2-3 cups milk
  • 1 1/2 cups marshmallows (her recipe says handful )

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 300. Grease and flour 3 9 cake pans. Sift together flour and salt.
  2. Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy.
  3. Beat in eggs one at a time until combined.
  4. Add buttermilk, soda, and flavoring.
  5. Add flour mixture gradually until combined. This is similar to a pound cake batter.
  6. Pour into cake pans at bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean.
  7. For Icing:.
  8. Cook sugar, milk, coconut, marshmallows over a double boiler until smooth. Note: as it is hard to find unsweeted coconut, I've used sweeted and reduced the sugar to 1/2 Cup. Fold in almond extract. Icing will be fairly runny-it's supposed to seep into the cake and run off the sides. If you want it to be thicker, add more marshmallows.
  9. Ice layers and top of cake while still hot. I poke holes in the layers with a toothpick so that the icing seeps down into the cake.
  10. Cover and refrigerate overnight. No cheating! You MUST serve it after it's been refrigerated, and serve it cold - it's best that way.
  11. Enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 591.09 Kcal (2475 kJ)
Calories from fat 292.11 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 32.46g 50%
Cholesterol 43.45mg 14%
Sodium 899.53mg 37%
Potassium 219.89mg 5%
Total Carbs 68.43g 23%
Sugars 32.21g 129%
Dietary Fiber 4.97g 20%
Protein 7.84g 16%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%
Iron 2.6mg 14%
Calcium 174.6mg 17%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 313.97 Kcal (1315 kJ)
Calories from fat 155.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.24g 50%
Cholesterol 23.08mg 14%
Sodium 477.8mg 37%
Potassium 116.8mg 5%
Total Carbs 36.35g 23%
Sugars 17.11g 129%
Dietary Fiber 2.64g 20%
Protein 4.16g 16%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 1%
Iron 1.4mg 14%
Calcium 92.7mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.7
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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