3/4 c. butter
1 3/4 c. sugar
3 eggs, well beaten
1 1/2 c. buttermilk
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
3 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. each: lemon and orange extract

After creaming sugar and butter, add beaten eggs. Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture and add extracts. Pour into 3 round greased and floured cake pans and bake at 350 degrees 20 to 25 minutes. Frost with:

DISCOVERY ICING:

1 c. sugar
2 tbsp. white Karo
Dash of salt
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/3 c. boiling water

Mix sugar, Karo, salt, cream of tartar and boiling water together in top of double boiler. Stir until sugar is dissolved and turn heat to low. Pour in two unbeaten egg whites and immediately begin mixing with electric mixer 5 to 7 minutes or until a good peak is formed.

Add: 1/4 or 1/2 tsp. almond flavoring

Spread on cake and put coconut between the layers after frosting and on top.