Rogene's Coconut Cake With Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 18 3/4 ounces yellow cake mix
• 1 (3 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 cups coconut
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 4 tablespoons margarine
• 2 cups coconut
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 blend cake mix, pudding mix, water, eggs and oil in large bowl.
• 2 beat for 4 minutes at medium speed.
• 3 stir in coconut and nuts.
• 4 pour into 3 greased and floured 9" cake pans.
• 5 bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.
• 6 to make the frosting: melt 2 tbsp butter in skillet, add coconut stirring constantly over low heat until golden brown.
• 7 spread coconut on papertowels to cool.
• 8 cream the other 2 tbsp butter with cream cheese, add milk, beat in powdered sugar, gradually.
• 9 blend in vanilla.
• 10 stir in 1 3/4 cup coconut.
• 11 frost the cake and top with remaining coconut.