Simple Homemade coconut Cake.

Coconut Cake

These delicious recipes make it simple to have a bite of coconut every day. 
INGREDIENTS:

• Nonstick vegetable oil
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/3 cups (loosely packed) sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 5 large egg yolks
• 4 large egg whites, room temperature

1. Method: 

• Preheat oven to 350°F. 
• Coat two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides with nonstick spray;
• Mix flour and coconut in medium bowl. 
• Whisk buttermilk and baking soda in small bowl. 
• Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. 
• Add egg yolks and beat to blend. 
• Add flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk mixture in 2 additions, beating just to blend after each addition. 
• Using clean dry beaters, beat egg whites and 1/4 teaspoon salt in another large bowl until peaks form.
•  Add 1/3 of egg white mixture to batter; fold into batter just to blend. 
• Fold in remaining egg white mixture in 2 additions. 
• Divide batter between pans. 
• Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. 
• Cool cakes in pans on racks 10 minutes. 

1. Enjoy!..