Beaman Family, Dessert
Cake:
2 c. sifted flour
1/2 c. fat
3 t. baking powder
3 eggs
1/2 t. salt
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. sweet milk
1 t. vanilla
Topping:
3/4 stick butter (1/2 lb.)
1 sm. can evaporated milk
2 c. brown sugar
1 can shredded coconut
Cake:
Mix as for foundation cake.
Bake at 375 in sheet pan for 25-30 minutes.
Take out of oven and spread topping on it immediately, leaving in pan.
Topping:
Melt butter, add milk, sugar, boil 5 minutes, add coconut and spread on cake immediately.
This is Grandmother Beaman’s recipe. Grandmother Tucker (Elizabeth) made this cake for everyone in the church who had a family member die. Bump (Frank A. Tucker, Sr.) called it the Funeral Cake.
Footnote from Peg Tate Severance: This was also called ‘Cora Beaman’s Nutmegless Cake’. The reason for the name--the Beaman family didn’t like nutmeg, so Grandmother created this recipe for them to enjoy.