Coconut Pound Cake – Everyone’s Favorite Dessert

This recipe used by permission of Pam Avery and Alexis Nash, both of Hamilton, Ala., which are two of the finest cooks and memorable southern belles that I have known. Thanks, girls. Kenneth

Start out With These Tasty Ingredients

• 1 ½ c. Crisco
• 5 large eggs
• 3 c. plain flour
• 1 c. coconut
• 1 c. sweet milk
• 2 ½ c. sugar
• 1 ¼ tsp. Salt
• 1 tsp. Baking powder
• 1 tsp. Coconut flavoring

Now for Those Easy-to-Mix Directions:

• Cream Crisco, sugar and then add eggs. Mix salt and baking powder with flour. Add to mixture alternately with sweet milk. Fold in coconut and flavoring. Bake at 275 degrees for 1 ½ hours in tube pan. There will hardly be a crumb of this tasty dessert at dinner’s end.

February 13, 2020____________________________________________________