White Texas Sheet Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cups buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1 pound confectioners' sugar

Instructions

1. Mix shortening, sugar and egg whites together until fluffy.
2. Add baking soda, salt and flour.
3. Mix together the 1 3/4 cups buttermilk, vanilla extract and almond extract. Add to the first mixture.
4. Bake in greased and floured 17-inch jellyroll pan at 350 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes.
5. Ice while warm.
6. Mix butter, the 1/3 cup buttermilk and confectioners' sugar together.
7. Sprinkle coconut on top or can be mixed into icing (can use half of the icing recipe and it makes a nice glaze for the cake).