Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup grated coconut

Method

  • Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
  • Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove layers from pans, and let cake cool completely.
  • Spread Rocky Mountain Filling between layers, and top with coconut.