6 level tablespoonfuls of butter,
1 cup of granulated sugar,
3 eggs,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
3/4 a cup of milk.
Three level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, about one and three-quarter
cups of sifted flour, or flour enough to make mixture stiff enough to
drop from the spoon. Mix in the order given. Reserve one-third of this
mixture and add to it four level tablespoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa and to
the other one cup of shredded cocoanut. Bake thirty-five or forty
minutes according to size and shape of pan.