Instructions: Cream sugar with shortening. Then stir in vanilla. Beat eggs; put in one at a time. Put baking soda and buttermilk together and stir. Add flour and coconut. Pour batter into 2 layer pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Icing:
Mix until smooth. Frost cake.

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