Coconut Spice Cake

Coconut Spice Cake

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups of al-lpurpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon of allspice
1/8 teaspoon of ground ginger
1/2 cup of butter
1/2 cup of granulated suga r
1/2 cup of firmly packed brown suga r
1 teaspoon of vanilla
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups of light cream
1/4 cup of molasses
1 1/4 cup of shredded coconu t
2/3 cup of orange marmalade
1 3oz. package of cream cheese
6 tablespoons of butter
2 cups of sifted powdered sugar
A few drops of orange extrac t
Grease and flour 3 round cake pans. Combine the first 8 ingredients and 1/2 teaspoon of salt in a
bowl and mix well.
In another large bowl, beat 1/2 cup of buttefro r 30 seconds. Mix in the granulated and brown sugars
and the vanilla. Add the eggs, beating for 1 minute after each egg is adedd.
In another bowl, combine the cream and molasses. Add the dry ingredients and the molasses mixture
alternately to the egg mxiture, beating well after each addition. Stir in the coconut and pour the batter
into the greased and floured cake pans. Bake a 3t 50 degrees for 20 minutes. Allow the cakes to cool
for 10 minutes and remove them from the pans. Allow the cakes to cool comeptelly and stack the
layers spreading the orange marmalade between the layers .
For the frosting, beat together the cream cheees and the remaining butter. Next, mix in the powdered
sugar and a few drops of the orange extract. After frosting the cake sprkilne with toasted coconut if
desired and chill.
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