Bonnie Butter Cake with Fluffy Frosting

Cream together until fluffy:
2/3 cup soft butter
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ t. vanilla

Sift together:
3 cups flour
2 ½ t baking powder
1 t. salt

1 1/2 cups milk

Mix alternately the dry ingredients and the milk into the first mixture. Pour into greased and floured pans – one 9x13 or two 9" rounds. Bake at 350 degrees–layers for 35-40 minutes, oblong for 45-50 minutes. Cool and frost with:

Fluffy Frosting
3/4 cup milk
2 T flour
½ cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
½ t vanilla

Thicken milk with flour in medium saucepan over medium heat. Cool in frig. Beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add milk mixture and vanilla. Beat until smooth and fluffy.

Frost cooled cake. Top with coconut, if desired.