Coconut Cake

Ingredients

• 1 yellow cake mix
• ¼ cup oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 pkg. vanilla instant pudding
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 2 cups coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

Mix 1st 5 ingredients together and beat 4 minutes with mixer. Add coconut and nuts. Pour into 2 greased 9" pans. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or till done when tested with a cake tester.

Frosting:
Toast 2 cups coconut(I put it in a glass baking dish in oven while cake is baking- about 5-8 mins. stir often and watch very carefully so it doesn’t burn)
Combine 2 tbsp. butter or margarine, softened and 1 pkg.(8oz.) cream cheese softened, ½ tsp. vanilla and 2 tsp. milk and beat together. Gradually add 3 ½ cups confectioners sugar beating well. Stir in 1 ¾ cups toasted coconut.
Split each cake in 2 and spread frosting between each layer and top and sides. Sprinkle top with remaining ¼ cup toasted coconut. Refrigerate any leftovers.