Gift Pan Lemon Coconut Cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray pan with vegetable pan spray.

Step 2

In large mixing bowl, combine flour, 1 1/2 cups of the sugar, gelatin and baking powder. Add combined milk, oil and lemon flavor to flour mixture; mix well.

Step 3

Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, and coconut. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry, beating in remaining 1/3 cup sugar.

Step 4

Fold egg whites into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan*.

Step 5

Bake 50-55 minutes or until cake springs back lightly when touched. Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes; turn out onto wire rack and cool completely.

* If desired, before adding batter to prepared pan, stir icing color into 3/4 cup of the batter. Pour colored batter into bow and ribbon area of the pan. Bake as described above.

* The bake cake can also be painted. Combine Wilton icing color with Wilton clear vanilla and paint the cooled baked cake as desired.