Cake:

5 egg whites
2 1/2 c. sugar (heaping)
1/2 c. butter, melted
5 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tbsp. vanilla
2 c. milk
4 c. plain flour
3 pkg. frozen coconut
1 lg. can coconut milk

Beat egg whites. Add sugar, butter, baking powder, vanilla, milk, and flour gradually. Mix well. Pour into a greased and floured pans.

Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes for each layer. Can use 3 or 4 pans, 8 or 9 inches. On each layer of cake, first put holes in cake. Add coconut milk and some coconut. Add icing and more coconut. Stack each layer and cover cake with remainder of icing.

Icing:

8 egg whites
4 c. sugar
4 c. water

Mix sugar and water. Boil until it spins a thread. Have egg whites beaten stiff. Slowly add sugar and water to egg whites.