Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2012

I made this cake for a group of teachers. They were very impressed. Most of them ended up asking for the recipe. I followed the instructions exactly, except I used coconut cake mix instead of white. It could not have turned out better! Fantastic recipe...I will definitely be making it again.

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MissKel23

Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2012

This cake is so good. It is very sweet and gooey, and I like it that way. I started making it about 5 years ago when I found this exact recipe on a website that had church potluck desserts. It does very well when I take it to pitch-ins.

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Tammy Lynn

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2012

Amazing! Airy and moist! This is the cake that my family asks me to bake for their birthdays.

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ashp

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2012

So good...I have to make this again. So this is what I did, got the white cake mix and did the soda version (white cake mix, 12 oz can of Sprite and one egg). I purchased the cream on coconut and the sweetened condensed milk, but then I read the reviews and just used the cream of coconut (tasted it and it is very sweet, glad I didn't add both lol). I split the batter in half, made cupcakes with the first half for work and made a round cake for me and the bf...people at work was mad that I only brought 24 and wanted more than one... lol so I take it that was a big hit...bf doesn't like coconut but he ate it anyway and he loved it and wants me to make it again on Sunday. A++++

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Alter Aries

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Living In: Denver, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2012

I made this cake for our family Christmas Eve party. Since our theme were appetizers, I made them as cupcakes!! This was the BEST coconut cake I've had. The cake was super moist and had the greatest flavor. One thing I altered was use coconut milk instead of water in the cake mix (the box recipe calls for water). I've also taken this idea and made german chocolate (cup) cakes (super moist and super yum). This recipe is simple, versitile and simply delicious!

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mjmerideth

Living In: Henderson, Nevada, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2012

So wonderfully yummy and moist! I did NOT add the condensed milk as I found the cream of coconut to be plenty sweet. I made it layered and did not have any issues removing cakes from pans or stacking cakes. Once I poked and added cream of coconut I refrigerated the cakes for one hour before stacking and icing. I used a coconut/pecan icing for the in-between layers, which I think really brought it all together. This is a recipe I will be keeping! Hubby almost ate the entire cake!

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Jey

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2012

My mom always makes this for Christmas and Thanksgiving along with other special occasions. It is so good and I never thought it was so easy. The only step I added was to sprinkle a tiny bit of coconut flakes on top of the cake right after it came out the oven before I topped it with the cream of coconut and the sweetened condensed milk. Very Yummy and moist! Thanks for the post.

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erinrueff

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Dyersburg, Tennessee, USA

Living In: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 28, 2012

Tried it yesterday night, and it was heavenly nice. the taste turned out better after staying 1-night in the refrigerator. A definite cake recipe to keep!!

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Noora

Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2012

My coconut loving husband is already asking for another one of these. I used about 2/3's of a can of coconut "milk" and a whole can of sweetened condensed milk and tossed in 1 cup of coconut into the batter. This was perfectly sweet enough for us. As soon as I took it out of the oven I used a chopstick with the largest round end to poke holes for the combined milks. I used a large spoon and tilted the cake pan in order to assure the milks getting into as many of the poked holes as possible instead of having it run off to soak the edge of the cake. I'm posting a picture so you can see the holes in the cake. It was topped with an entire 8 ounce container of lite Cool Whip and sprinkled with toasted coconut. Since it was done in a 9X13 pan I shared with a neighbor who called and asked for the recipe and was stunned to learn it was a cake mix! After hubby's first serving, he mumbled something about "not sharing anymore cakes"!! Totally deelish!

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SouthernGma

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2012

Now that I made this and screwed it up, I know what to do differently next time. If I attempt to make this a second time. Instructions need to be more clear

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