Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2007

Amazing cake, but as others have said, not near enough icing. I doubled it the second time I made it and it was gobbled up! Even my husband who fussed that he "didn't really like coconut", ate more than anyone else. Just be sure to double the icing because the recipe will NOT give you enough for 3 layers...even if you are stingy with it.

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Jenn in Texas

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Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2007

I made this cake for my two grandkids for Easter. They loved it. I decorated some of the coconut green for the top layer and added chocolate candy eggs, jelly beans, etc. I also filled between the layers with the Pineapple Filling found on this site. With doing this there was plenty of frosting. The cake was really good, but OMG the frosting was wonderful. Please - like others have stated - divide the 4 tablespoons of butter. Two tablespoons for cake and the other two for toasting the coconut. Thanks.

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Beverly

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Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2007

I made this for my daughters co-workers @ Albertsons and they LOVED it !!

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ISLANDGRL100

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Reviewed: Jan. 15, 2007

Good but there's an error in the recipe. The first step that uses butter should say to melt only half the butter to fry the coconut - it doesn't say that but later says use the remaining butter. Don't mess up this step otherwise you'll have really greasy coconut. I had to drain mine twice on papertowels. Otherwise, it was good. The frosting didn't make as much as I would have liked so I'd double the frosting.

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LILYP

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Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2006

This cake is very good!! But... I did make a couple of changes. I used 3 Jumbo eggs, 1/3 cup oil, and omitted the walnuts. I toasted the coconut in a 350 degree oven for about 10 mins before adding to the cake mixture. Also, a couple of points the recipe does not point out.... The 4 Tbsp. of butter is divided 2 Tbsp for the toasting of the frosting coconut & 2 Tbsp for mixing in the frosting itself. I used 2 round non-stick dark cake pans and one regular round cake pan. The non-stick dark layers were a bit overdone at 30 MINUTES and the regular pan was perfect. So, be sure to watch your cakes closely as 35 mins seemed too long when you are dividing the cake mix into 3 round cake pans. As for the frosting, it's very yummy, but I had to add 1/2 a can of vanilla frosting to make enough for the whole cake. Next time I will 1 1/2 the recipe! You will not be disappointed, just be sure to watch your baking time!! YUMMY!!

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CHRISCOOKING

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Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2006

My boyfriend loves coconut and hasn't stopped talking about how great this cake is. It has tons of coconut and is incredibly moist. Awesome!!!

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Laura

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Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2006

the cake itself it's o.k. , but the frosting is OUTRAGEOUS!!!! put it on a slice of bread and it would make a great cake.

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claudia

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Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2006

I needed to make a coconut cake for a hawaiian-themed dinner with some friends, and this turned out wonderful. Everyone absolutely loved it! I basically followed the recipe, except for a few minor changes. I used pecans instead of walnuts, and I added some a bit of crushed pineapple to the batter. I used a 9 x 13 in. glass pan. Also, I made sure to mix the everything for at least 4 mins so the pudding mix would thicken. I did have to bake it for more than 30 mins - maybe 35-40. The frosting was delicious and the toasted coconut was the perfect final touch. Thanks for the recipe.

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Reviewed: May 30, 2005

Excellent cake, and easy to make. I used a pudding cake mix, but still added the extra pudding. Probably could have done without the extra pudding, but still tasted great. Mine only took 30 minutes to bake in dark pans. My cake was not crumbly at all like some other reviewers said, nor was the icing hard to spread. I had plenty of icing; in fact, I wish I had used more between layers. I was trying to be conservative because some people said they did not have enough frosting. Honestly, I would not change a thing. I even used a sugar free pudding mix, and low fat cream cheese, with no problems, and it did not seem to be missing anything. I took this to a dinner party, and it really did get rave reviews--people even thought it was from scratch. We will definitely make this again.

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BUTTERCUPRX

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Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2005

This cake was perfect and easy to make. I had extra-large eggs so I only used three. I usually prefer pecans to walnuts but the walnuts really compliment the coconut better. I thought the frosting might be a little sweet, and read reviews about it being hard to spread, so I cut the powdered sugar down to 3 cups and folded in a container of Cool Whip. This made the frosting much less rich and very easy to spread. I also added some canned pineapple between the layers. Yummy!

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ABLEONARD

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Reviewed: Dec. 10, 2004

This cake was perfect! I didn't add the coconut and nuts into the frosting - instead, I did what the other reviewer suggested and put it on the sides of the cake. This made for a great presentation. I also added untoasted coconut flakes in between the layers. This recipe was good for 1 2-layer 9 inch, and 1 2-layer 4in x 4in cakes (for my brother and his 1-yr old daughter). Everyone loved it and the family said this was the best cake I've baked so far. Simply delicious!

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Reviewed: Aug. 11, 2004

The frosting tastes wonderful but you do need to allow it to soften up a bit to frost the cake and the cake was not as moist as I would have thought given the high rating. Next time I will try a white cake mix and more oil or butter in the cake mix and omit the 4th egg. Perhaps a bit more butter in the frosting as well.

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Reviewed: Jul. 4, 2004

This is the best coconut cake recipe I have ever tried. Took a little longer in the oven, but came out great. Thought the icing would be too sweet, but it is so good! THANKS!!!!

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Reviewed: Apr. 18, 2004

My son wanted a coconut cake for his 12th birthday party and I thought with all the good reviews this would be a good choice. Unfortunately, noone (not even the birthday boy) liked it. The cake was very crumbly and the frosting didn't spread well. Also, I didn't have enough frosting to cover the cake so it only got put on the top and between layers. I guess we'll go back to using a German Chocolate cake recipe (with the coconut/pecan frosting) instead when he wants a coconut cake. Thanks anyway!

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POLARBEE

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Reviewed: Mar. 29, 2004

This cake is wonderful! I substituted coconut cream pudding mix for the vanilla and coco loco coconut milk for one cup of the water. I actually forgot to add the vegetable oil. It was so delicious. I don't care for coconut much but the toasted coconut was wonderful! My niece said it was the best cake she'd ever eaten.

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Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2004

Great cake.

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Reviewed: Nov. 10, 2003

I made this for the adults at a baby's party. Everyone loved it. It was a bit denser than I expected, and reminded me a little of a banana-nut muffin. Go figure. I added 1/2 cup of butter to the icing, as well as a second package of powdered sugar. I left the shredded coconut and chopped nuts out of the icing. Instead I mixed them together and pressed on the sides of the iced cake. Beautiful presentation...until the baby got it.

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Reviewed: May 27, 2003

Sorry to have to give this recipe its first bad review...there must be something REALLY wrong with one or more of the ingredient measurements or the amount of time to bake. Both the cake and the frosting were a disaster. I only deviated from the recipe in that I omitted the nuts. The cake was nowhere near fully baked after 35 minutes - I had to put it in again for about another 20 minutes at least...and then it was super crumbly. I think there was too much egg in the batter. The frosting was impossible to spread smoothly, which made the crumbly cake fall apart even more! In hindsight, this is not too surprising - there is not much of anything moist added to the cream cheese in order to give it a cake-frosting consistency. I am not a novice baker, so I probably should have followed my instincts a little more, but I guess I was fooled by all the glowing reviews this recipe recieved. No one said they changed anything. I have a hard time believing that following this recipe exactly could yield a good cake...anyway, there are a lot of other coconut cake recipes out there, so next time I'll try a different one!

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Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2003

AMAZING!! This cake was wonderful. Served it at Easter dinner and even my father (who has claimed to hate coconut his whole life) ate an entire piece. Definitely a keeper!

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Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2003

This is my grandmother's favorite cake. She says that it is most like the cakes her mother made for her childhood birthdays. This is a wonderful cake. Even those who do not like coconut eat this one. Our family looks forward to this one every March 30th!

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