Aunt Florie'S Prune Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 c. milk
3/4 c. shredded coconut, freshly grated or store-bought (for cake)
3 c. cake flour, sifted
3 tsp. baking powder
3 egg whites, stiffly beaten
2 c. sugar
1 c. butter
3 egg yolks
1 tsp. pure almond extract (for full bodied flavor do not use imitation)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together twice.
Set aside.
In a small, separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff.
Refrigerate beaten egg whites for later.