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coconut cake

Sweetmama3 avatar
Recipe by
Darlene Sweet
@Sweetmama3
Hendersonville, TN

This is cake is beautiful as a three tier round cake (minus the cream of coconut.) However, my family loves it in a 13x9 pan, with cream of coconut poured over it while it is warm out of the oven. Either way, it's moist, delicious and easy!

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yield 15 serving(s)
prep time 10 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For coconut cake

  • 1 box
    white cake mix
  • ingredients needed to bake cake
  • 1 can
    cream of coconut (15 oz)
  • 8 oz
    sour cream
  • 8 oz
    whipped topping
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • shredded coconut

How To Make coconut cake

  • 1
    Spray 9x13 pan with baking spray.
  • 2
    Bake cake using cake mix of your choice, follow baking directions for 9x13 pan. (My favorite cake mix calls for 1 cup water, 1/2 cup oil and 3 eggs.)
  • 3
    While cake is still warm, take handle of a wooden spoon, and poke holes throughout the cake.
  • 4
    Pour cream of coconut over cake, spreading evenly and making sure it seeps into holes.
  • 5
    Put cake in fridge to cool.
  • 6
    While cake is cooling, combine sour cream, whipped topping (I use Cool Whip) and sugar in a small bowl.
  • 7
    Once cake is cool, spread topping over top.
  • 8
    Top with shredded coconut.
  • 9
    Chill for at least 12 hours before serving.
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