Coconut Lime Cake

1 cup shredded coconut
Juice of 2 limes (or more)

Spread coconut on a plate, juice limes over the coconut and allow them to sok up the juice for a couple of hours.

3/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3 large eggs, slightly beaten
3/4 cup butter, room temperature

Sift flour, sugar and baking powder; stir in eggs, butter and coconut with lime juice, bet until just combined. Spread batter evenly between 2 greased floured 8" cake pans; bake for 30-35 minutes at 325 degrees. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove and cool completely on cooling racks before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

6 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
2 tsp vanilla
2 cup powdered sugar

Beat cream cheese till fluffy; beat in butter and vanilla, then powdered sugar. Spread over bottom layer of cake, then add top layer and frost top and sides of cake. Garnish with lime peel.

Acquired by Elaine Allred