Classic ANGEL FLAKE Coconut Cake

photo by:kraft

Yellow cake, meet coconut. Pudding, here are your two new BFFs. One taste of this moist, fluffy, sweet dessert and they'll be inseparable in your kitchen from now on.

time

prep:

25 min

total:

2 hr 33 min

servings

total:

18 servings

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What You Need

pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix

2-2/3

cups BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut (7-oz. pkg.), divided

pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

1/4

cup powdered sugar

cup cold milk

tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

Enjoy serving MAXWELL HOUSE coffee with this delicious recipe.

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

PREPARE cake batter and bake as directed on package for 2 (9-inch) round layers, stirring 2/3 cup coconut into batter before pouring into prepared pans. Cool cakes in pans 10 min.; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.

MEANWHILE, beat pudding mix, sugar and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. (Pudding will be thick.) Stir in COOL WHIP. Refrigerate until ready to assemble cake.

STACK cake layers on plate, filling layers with 1 cup pudding and 3/4 cup of the remaining coconut. Frost top and side of cake with remaining pudding mixture. Press remaining coconut into pudding mixture. Refrigerate 1 hour.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

Balance your food choices throughout the day so you can enjoy a serving of this coconut cake with your loved ones.

Substitute

Prepare using JELL-O White Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding.

Special Extra

For added color, garnish dessert with a delicate swirl of lemon peel.

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FazinhaKitchen

posted:12/24/2008

This is really a simple recipe, and it tastes fantastic. I put three cherries on the top (middle) to give some color to white cake. It looks beautiful. Next time, I will cut each cake in two, so I can have four layers. Delicious for anytime, specially to Christmastime. Merry Christmas, everyone!!

lfsmith5397

posted:12/24/2008

My mother made a fresh coconut cake every Christmas when I was a child. She bought a coconut and I helped drain it, then helped her dig the meat out of the shell. She used the coconut milk in the cake and made a boiled white frosting that was divine. This is ALMOST as good and lots less work. I enjoy the memory, but love the ease of this.

stoney18

posted:12/20/2008

I made this cake for christmas one yr and everyone loved it including my mother in law. So I have to make this cake every year for christmas. I even made this for her birthday!!!

tabbi_cat

posted:12/15/2008

Wonderful recipe, every time I bake this everyone raves over it. This cake is great for people who don't like traditional icing.

anngee3113

posted:12/14/2008

I made this cake for thanksgiving and everyone loved it, especially my mother. Her special request for Christmas is this ANGEL cake and I also have to make it for 2 other people that were here for thanksgiving also. The cool whip is very lite and tasty. This get a very high rating from me.

anapier2

posted:11/20/2008

the best cocnut cake you will ever eat. found this or my husbands bday .it his favrit.

Allyson56

posted:7/1/2008

What a fabulous cake! Having the cool whip as part of the frosting is a great way to keep it light and fluffy. I love this recipe!

adelav01

posted:6/29/2008

I made this cake for Father's Day. My dad loves coconut and he ate the whole thing almost by himself.

a cook

posted:6/25/2008

I've made this cake twice now and everyone loves it! The second time I made it with a lemon cake mix and it was quite tasty. This is a recipe that I will keep using!

sallyh2

posted:6/17/2008

This is the fifth time I have made this recipe.It is a HUGE hit at our house. One of our favourites.