Coconut Black Walnut Cake

Submitted By: April Leah-Ida Adcock

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup black walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon coconut flavoring

3 cups all-purpose flour

Syrup:

2 cups sugar

1 cup water

4 tablespoons butter or margarine

3 teaspoons coconut flavoring

Instructions

Blend together 2 cups sugar, oil, and eggs. Sift flour, salt, soda, and baking powder.

Add to first mixture, along with buttermilk. Add nuts, coconut, and 1 teaspoon coconut flavoring. Pour into a well-greased, floured tube pan and bake at 325° for one hour and 15 minutes.
When the cake is almost finished baking, make syrup by mixing together 2 cups sugar, water, and butter or margarine. Boil for five minutes; remove from heat. Add 3 teaspoons flavoring.
While the cake is still hot, make holes in the cake with a knife then pour syrup over cake. Allow the syrup to soak into the cake for four hours before serving.