3 Layer Coconut Cake

Ingredients:

For the cake:
3 3/4 cups sifted flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract (I didn't have this so I used Almond)
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups buttermilk
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

For the icing:
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a very large bowl Cream together the sugar and butter.
Add the eggs.
Cream all together.
Add the other ingredients.

Spray 3 cake pans and divide the batter between the 3 pans and bake the cake layers

for  20-25 minutes. While the cake is baking make the frosting. Cook together until thick and then cool down completely

Beat in 1 cup Crisco until foamy
Sprinkle coconut on the icing.