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Submitted by PaulaG
"I found this recipe while web surfing and have misplaced it twice. I haven't had a chance to make it yet and realized that if I don't post it I will loose it. It sounds good and easy."
photo by MarieRynr 
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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12
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ingredients
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Cake
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) white cake mix
- 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 4 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup canola oil
- 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts, etc
- 2 cups flaked coconut
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Frosting
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 -2 tablespoon cream
- 2 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups flaked coconut
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directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixer bowl add the cake mix, vanilla pudding, water, eggs and oil.
- With electric mixer, beat for 2 minutes at medium speed.
- Fold in the chopped nuts and coconut.
- Pour the batter into a 9 x 13 inch pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray or lightly greased and floured.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted off center comes out clean.
- Cool completely before frosting.
- In a medium sized mixer bowl, blend the butter and cream cheese.
- Add the confectioners' sugar and enough cream to make it a smooth spreading consistency.
- Frost cake with frosting and sprinkle with coconut.
Questions & Replies
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In this recipe where it asks for vanilla pudding do you use the pudding mix only or do you add the milk to the pudding
cynthialeasmith09
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What size cake pans?
gtighe50
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Can I use chocolate cake mix and make cream cheese topping with no coconut?
Deanna A.
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Reviews
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This cake is wonderful! My husband said it made him feel "dirty"-like he was cheating on his all time favorite German Chocolate. I did alter the recipe slightly. I used 3/4 cup heavy cream and 3/4 cup water in the cake batter instead of all water. I also toasted my pecans and used them in the cake and the icing. I decided to make a layer cake instead of the sheet cake so I made extra frosting. This cake is one you want to make if you want to impress someone-it's that good!
LeAnneWilkes
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This was scrumptious!! It needs to be made a day ahead of time and refrigerated. I made it the same day it was to be eaten, and it was good then. But, after being in the fridge overnight, it was sooooo much better.
kimmisam2
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Stunning reviews from the teachers I made this for this week! I used 1/2 heavy cream and 1/2 water as suggested in another review. I also had a cake mix that was a few ounces shy of what the recipe called for, and even though I used the same call outs in this recipe it came out great! I might make a bit more frosting next time however, and would add toasted walnuts again like I did this time to both the cake and frosting.
Cook4_6
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Loved this cake. Made as directed into cupcakes, frosted and rolled the tops in coconut, beautiful and yummy, thanks for sharing this recipe.
MelinOhio
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Tweaks
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In the cake ~ Used coconut cream pudding, more vanilla extract, 1/2 cup water plus 1 cup coconut cream, coconut oil instead of oil or butter. In frosting ~ Used whipping cream brown sugar, vanilla extract & powdered sugar drop coconut cream; this was used on sides. Made coconut buttercream and used on top center only, powdered sugar, coconut cream, vanilla extract & butter whipped it til fluffy. Tossed coconut flakes, unsweetened type and what remained of pecan bits. Thank you for sharing this yummy recipe with us!
Susan V.
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This cake is wonderful! My husband said it made him feel "dirty"-like he was cheating on his all time favorite German Chocolate. I did alter the recipe slightly. I used 3/4 cup heavy cream and 3/4 cup water in the cake batter instead of all water. I also toasted my pecans and used them in the cake and the icing. I decided to make a layer cake instead of the sheet cake so I made extra frosting. This cake is one you want to make if you want to impress someone-it's that good!
LeAnneWilkes
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I had cake called Italina Cream Cake at a wedding and asked the name, then came to Zaar to find a recipe. I made the cake as directed. When I put it in the oven I went to take out the cream cheese to soften, and my son had eaten it! I did have a can of cream cheese frosting, so I mixed the coconut and some pecans in it and used that instead. The cake was great, but I think homemade frosting would have made it even better!
OB Nurse
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My husband simply loves this recipe. The only change I made was to put the nuts in the icing instead of the cake itself. I used walnuts.
Jellyqueen
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
PaulaG
Hixson, Tennessee
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I came to this site in March of 2004. It was then called Recipezaar. This site was the first on-line site that I ever joined. I first popped in 2003 while searching for a Peach Cobbler Recipe. In March of 2004, DH was having shoulder surgery and I was looking for a Split Pea Soup. Once again I found myself on Zaar as it came to be called.Over the years I hung out and learned from some of the best home cooks in the country, I posted over 700 recipes on the site, reviewed over 3500 recipes and posted over 3000 food photos. Over the next 10 years the site made many changes and in 2010 it was sold to to Food Network and became Food.com. Until last year we played games, talked and shared with one another. As a result of the community and the relationships I built I got to meet some wonderful people from all over the country. I also have a great number of friends that I have never meet face to face. Some of us still hang out at various places across the net. Zaar was more than a cooking community. It was an internet community of friendship. Life is an adventure ever changing.
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