coconut cake with cream cheese frosting

Ingredients For coconut cake with cream cheese frosting

• FOR THE CAKE
• 1 pkg

  (18.25 oz.) white cake mix
• 1 pkg

  (3 1/8 oz.) vanilla instant pudding
• 1 1/3 c

  water
• 1/4 c

  vegetable oil
• 4

  eggs
• 1 1/3 c

  flaked coconut
• 1 c

  pecans
• 1 1/3 c

  flaked coconut
• small amount of toasted flaked coconut
• FOR THE COCONUT CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
• 2 1/2 c

  flaked coconut
• 2 Tbsp

  butter, softened
• 1 pkg

  (8 oz.) cream cheese
• 3 1/2 c

  powdered sugar
• 2 tsp

  milk
• 1/2 tsp

  clear vanilla flavoring