I think one small detail was left off this recipe....it must be refrigerated! I haven't made this yet but will be today, but my neighbor brought me some cupcakes with this recipe and it was the best icing EVER!!! YUMMY!

All you folks who ended up with a soup are 'stirring' and not 'folding' in the cool whip. folding the ingredients in allows the cool whip to retain its fluff while stirring breaks it down and it becomes watery...

I tried this recipe and did not add all ingredients together after seeing what others had posted about the mess...I mixed the sour cream and sugar with about half the coconut and spooned some it on each layer(I had four) and then added the rest of the coconut and whipped topping to frost entire cake...that seemed to work!!

I love this recipe..I found it years ago and still use it. It's not to sweet with amazing texture.

This was a big hit at my last cookout, if yours turned out runny it is because you over mixed it, cool whip does that, I doubled the coolwhip and it was perfect.

Ok I am not a beginner cook by any means. I love cooking and know how to read a recipe. This one was terrible! I was so bummed b/c I had everything in the house for this one and needed a quick frosting. It was very disappointing. It turned out to be a soupy mess. :( I used ff sour cream, ff cool whip and yes granulated sugar. A waste of ingredients. Although it did taste good.

this was down right gross!!! the consistancy was light and fluffy, but the taste was awful.

First, this frosting was FANTASTIC!! I changed it just a little. I made a wonderful Butter Cake--submitted by Carol. I put together about 2 cups of coconut, the sour cream, and used granulated sugar. I received one cup of it and mixed the one cup w/8 oz. of cool whip. The frosting w/out the coolwhip I used to frost my cake layers (I had made two, 8-inch rounds and cut those into two, so ended up w/four layers). It only took a thin layer. Then, the frosting w/the coolwhip I used for the sides and top. I only used about 1/2 of the frosting. WOW!!! Between the butter cake and this frosting, it was a 10! Thank you! My friends at work loved it and now everybody wants the recipe!

This was fabulous! I omitted the coconut because my significant other loathes it and used fat free sour cream and lite cool ship and it worked out wonderfully. Everyone raved about the frosting and the lightness of it. I put it on a classic white cake with a lemon curd filling and the flavors complemented each other beautifully. I also had a ton of frosting leftover so I used it the next morning on waffles with some berries.

Wow. Wonderful recipe. I'm not sure what the negative reviews are about. I'm thinking that the reason the recipes didn't work out was because the baker used confectioners sugar instead of regular white granulated sugar. With the right kind of sugar (the white granulated), this recipe is the bomb.

I love this recipe!! You just have to be careful that the ingredients aren't too warm (as well as the cake) as you frost it. I made a two layer cake and used it as frosting and filling. Then I sprinkled extra coconut on top for looks. I've made this numerous times for bridal showers-it's perfect when I decorate with real flowers around the edge. Everybody has raved about it. Thank you!

This turned out to be a delicious filling. I recommend using caster sugar though, and putting in a bit more dessicated coconut to make the filling a little thicker. If you use whipped cream from the can, then make sure you serve it immediately. Everybody loved it, at home and in the office! The filling made a professional finishing touch to my coconut flavoured cake and it took very little effort!

This was a most disappointing mess! I followed the recipe directions exactly, and it was a total flop. It was much too thin to frost my layer cake--it ran off the cake as soon as I tried to frost it. However, it did have one redeeming feature-- It did taste good.

I must agree with previous comments. This didn't turn out at all. I used granulated sugar and it was awful - I don't suspect powdered sugar would work any better (probably worse). But I wonder if "sour cream" was supposed to be "cream cheese" - that would be good IMO.

This was such a waste!

This recipe does not deserve a rating. What a waste of ingredients and time. I also ended up with a soupy mess. Do not try this one, you will be sorry.

What kind of "white sugar?" I never heard of using white GRANULATED sugar in a recipe, so I used CONFECTIONER'S sugar. All I got was a big soupy mess. If you try this recipe, do not use confectioner's sugar! I'm not about to waste another $5 by trying it with granulated sugar, but I'm pretty sure that won't work either.

I thought this was excellent made with granulated sugar. I loved and so did my family. Keep it in the refrigerator. Try it you'll like it.