Ingredients
1 pillsbury butter recipe cake mix
1 large carton cool whip
8 oz carton sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 can angel flake coconut
Directions
Bake cake according to directions. Cool. Combine cool whip, sour
cream, sugar and coconut. Cut the cake to make 4 layers and spread
mixture between each layer. Then cover top and sides with remaining
mixture. If you like a lot of cool whip, you may add another carton
to help frost the top and sides. Garnish if you wish with cherries
and nuts. This is a good recipe to experiment with by adding
different things to the cool whip. For instance, well drained crushed
pineapple, cherries and nuts.
Servings: 12 servings
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