Coconut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter
1/2 c. shortening
3 c. sugar
5 eggs
3 c. plain flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1 tsp. coconut flavoring

Preparation

Cream butter and shortening together; add sugar and beat well. Add eggs beating after each one.
Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
Add flour mixture alternately with milk to creamed mixture; mix well.
Add coconut flavoring; beat well.
Bake in greased and floured tube pan at 350\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours.
After cake cools, remove from pan; mix 1/2 glass of milk with 1 tablespoon sugar.
Mix well and pour over cake (pierce holes in cake so milk mixture can soak into cake).