To prepare cake, coat 3 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms of pans with wax paper. Lightly coat wax paper with cooking spray; dust pans with 1 tablespoon flour. Lightly spoon 2 ...

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To make the cake, heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans and set aside. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt and use a fork to mix them together well. Stir ...

Note: Adapted from “Southern Cakes.” You can make this with packaged sliced coconut, but fresh really is better. Hold the coconut over a bowl or pan, with the three “eyes” toward you; strike it with a ...