Frosted Coconut Gingerbread
List of Ingredients
2 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 Egg -- well beaten
2/3 cup molasses
3/4 cup sour milk
1/3 cup sugar
1 Egg white -- stiffly beaten
1 1/2 cups Baker's Coconut -- Premium ShredRecipe
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, soda, spices,
and salt, and sift together three times. Cream butter
thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until
light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses; then flour,
alternately with milk, a small amount at a time. Beat after
each addition until smooth. Bake in greased pan, 8x8x2
inches, in moderate oven (325 degrees( 20 minutes, then
increase heat slightly to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Fold
sugar into egg white, spread on gingerbread 10 minutes
befo re removing from oven. Sprinkle with coconut and bake
10 minutes longer.
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