Recipe #335: Coconut Cake

Blogging has become a chore lately. Life in general is a chore because there is so much going on right now...testing, closing out the school year, my brother's graduation, life has been really busy, so finding moments to type up the recipes falls to the very end of my to do list, then gets shifted to the end of the next days too! But the year is almost up. I don't know what this will turn into after June first, because I am certainly not going to pursue this again! We now have a ton of recipes we love and this next year will probably be spent revisiting some of the favorites and being so thankful that I can go to some of my stand-by recipes when i cook for guests!

So i thought that maybe typing up a fun recipe would get me in the mood for the several I should do tonight!
Coconut cake is a Schaeffer favorite and definitely not a Will favorite so when Mary had bought the ingredients for Donnie's grad party I asked if I could make it to count it as a recipe! This is one of mary's favorite cakes to make! It was so delicious. It is best if you make it the day before!

You need:
1 white cake mix and necessary ingredients
1 small tub of cool whip, thawed
1 1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups coconut

• make and bake cake according to package directions
• when the cake it done, take it out to cool.
• meanwhile, mix milk, sugar, and 1/2 cup coconut in a small saucepan for about a minute or two
• poke holes ALL over the cake, the more holes the better.
• pour milk mixture all around on top of the cake. Cover and leave in fridge overnight.
• A couple hours before serving fold in 1/2 cup of coconut into the cool whip
• spread cool whip all over top of cake
• top with remaining cup of coconut
• refrigerate a couple more hours.
• it looks really pretty when you do a layered cake, but this 9x13 was perfect for an outdoor party!