Old Fashioned Coconut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon coconut flavoring
1 cup milk
3/4 cup butter
3 (12 ounce) packages of frozen fresh grated coconut

Preparation

Combine eggs and sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
Add flour and baking powder and beat on low until smooth.
Add coconut flavoring.
Combine milk and butter in a saucepan and heat until butter melts.
Fold into other mixture.
Bake in 2 or 3 greased and floured 8 or 9 inch cake pans at 350\u00b0F for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Thaw the packages of coconut.
Squeeze each opened package coconut over the cooled cakes so that the coconut \"milk\" is sprinkled over the cake and soaks into the cake. Ice generously with \"Seven-Minute Frosting\" (#96449).
Topping the icing with the coconut (in between the layers too!).