Coco Nut Cake And Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package jello instant pudding mix
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1/4 cup oil
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups bakers coconut
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup pecans
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups coconut
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 3 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 • cake: blend cake mix, pudding mix, water, eggs and oil.
• 2 beat 4 (and four is underlined) minutes medium speed.
• 3 stir in coconut and nuts.
• 4 pour into 3 greased and floured 9-inch layer pans.
• 5 bake at 350° for 35 minutes.
• 6 cool in pans 15 minutes.
• 7 chen cool, frost with coconut cream cheese frosting (recipe included here).
• 8 • frosting: melt 1/2 of butter in skillet and add coconut. stir constantly (that is underlined) over low heat until golden brown.
• 9 spread coconut on paper towels to cool.
• 10 cream other 1/2 of butter with cream cheese, add milk beat in sugar gradually.
• 11 blend in vanilla.
• 12 stir in 1 3/4 cups coconut.
• 13 spread on tops of layers. sprinkle remaining coconut on top.