Coconut Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 can coconut
1 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. buttermilk
2 Tbsp. coconut flavoring
Icing

Preparation

Reserve 1/2 cup coconut for icing.
Combine remaining coconut, shortening, sugar and eggs.
Mix well.
Sift flour, salt, soda and baking powder together; add to coconut mixture alternately with buttermilk and flavoring.
Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Pour icing over cake; let stand for 2 hours before removing from pan.