Lisa's Southern Kitchen

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Instructions:

Cake:

• 3 cups Cake Flour

• 2 tsp. Baking Powder

• 1/2 tsp. Salt

• 1 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar

• 1 cup Strawberry Jam

• 2 tsp. Vanilla Extract

• 1 cup Milk

• 1 cup Unsalted Butter, softened

• 4 Eggs

Chocolate Icing:

• 8 cups Confectioners’ Sugar

• 1 cup Cocoa Powder

• 1 tbsp. Vanilla Extract

• 4 tbsp. Unsalted Butter

• 1 cup Milk

Ingredients:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a two baking pan with cooking spray.
2. Make the cake, In a bowl of stand up mixer add in flour, baking powder, salt and mix well until combined.
3. Add in butter, vanilla extract and  milk, eggs, beat well until combined. Stir in coconut until well mixed.
4. Divide the batter into two greased baking pan and bake for 35 minutes and let cool completely on wire rack.
5. Spread the strawberry jam out evenly on one cake and the place second cake on top.
6. Make the icing, in a saucepan over med high heat add in butter and milk, cook until butter is melted. Stir in vanilla extract until well mixed.
7. Add in sugar, cocoa powder and mix well until smooth and fluffy
8. In one bowl add in icing and in a second bowl add in coconut.
9. Spread icing out evenly over top of the cake and sprinkle with coconut.
10. Serve and Enjoy!