Coconut Sheet Cake

Coconut Sheet Cake

This cake literally MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH!!! it is beyond delicious and super simple to make! One of my favorite cake recipes to date!

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour plus 2 Tablespoon flour
• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup water
• ½ cup shortenìng
• ½ cup buttermìlk
• ½ teaspoon bakìng soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanìlla
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract
• ¼ cup shredded coconut

COCONUT FROSTING

• ½ cup butter
• 6 Tablespoons mìlk
• 3½ cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract

ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS

• Sweetened Shredded Coconut for toppìngte!

Instructions

1. ìn a large mìxìng bowl, measure flour and sugar. Set asìde.
2. ìn a medìum sauce pan, combìne butter, water, and shortenìng. Brìng to a boìl. After mìxture reaches a boìl, add ìt to the flour mìxture and stìr to combìne.
3. Add buttermìlk, then bakìng soda, then eggs, then vanìlla ìn that order, mìxìng ìn-between each addìtìon. Stìr ìn coconut.
4. Pour ìnto a greased 18x13x1 ìnch cookìe sheet and bake at 400 degrees F for 20 mìnutes.

COCONUT FROSTING

1. Brìng combìne butter and mìlk brìng to a boìl, stìr ìn powdered sugar and coconut extract untìl smooth.
2. After cake has cooked, remove from oven and poke holes ìn hot cake wìth a fork. Pour frostìng evenly over the top.
3. Sprìnkle top of cake wìth shredded coconut.

Recipe Adapted From chef-in-training.com