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    Rave Reviews Coconut Cake


    Source of Recipe


    Baker's Coconut Ad, aprox. 1980


    Recipe Introduction


    Even people that swear they don't like coconut end up eating this cake. I make this every year for Joan Kern's birthday, November 13th.



    List of Ingredients


    • 1 package yellow cake mix
    • 1 package instant vanilla pudding
    • 1 1/3 cups water
    • 4 eggs
    • 1/4 cup oil
    • 2 cups flake coconut
    • 1 cup chopped walnuts/pecans/macadamia nuts
    • Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting:
    • 4 tbsps. butter/margerine, softened
    • 2 cups flake coconut
    • 1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
    • 2 tbsps. milk
    • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
    • 3 1/2 cups confectioners sugar


    Instructions


    1. Blend cake mix, pudding mix, water, eggs and oil in a large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer 4 minutes.
    2. Stir in coconut and nuts.
    3. Pour into 3 greased 9-inch layer pans.
    4. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

    5. Cool in pans for 15 minutes; remove and cool on rack.
    6. Fill and frost with Coconut-Cream Cheese Frosting.
    7. Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting:
    8. Melt 2 tbsps. butter in skillet. Add coconut; stir constantly over low heat until golden brown. Spread coconut on absorbent paper until cool.
    9. Cream 2 tbsps. butter with cream cheese. Add milk and sugar and beat well.
    10. Add vanilla, stir in 1 3/4 cups of the coconut.
    11. Spread on tops and sides of cake layers.

    12. Sprinkle with remaining coconut.
 

 

 

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