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Lazy Daisy Cake Recipe

Lazy Daisy Cake

This is a classic, vintage cake that your grandmother made. The toasted coconut gives this cake a wonderul crunch on the top.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Amish

Ingredients
  

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 /2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 /4 cup butter

Icing

  • 1 cup, plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • 6 tablespoons milk
  • 1 ½ cups coconut

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Grease and flour a 9 X 13 pan.
  • In a large bowl, beat eggs and then add sugar and vanilla and beat until light in color, about 4 minutes.
  • Stir in flour, salt, and baking powder until just incorporated.
  • In a medium saucepan, bring milk and butter to boil.
  • Stir into flour mixture (don't beat, just stir in)
  • Pour batter into pan and bake for 30 minutes.
  • While the cake is baking, prepare the icing.
  • Remove cake from oven and turn off oven.
  • Then turn on broiler.

ICING

  • For icing bring brown sugar, butter, milk, and coconut to a boil.
  • Pour ovenly oven hot cake and then put under the broiler until it begins to brown. Don't walk away from the oven, this will burn quickly.