This Butter Pecan Coconut Cake is one your family will love! Yes.. it’s made with a cake mix but you would never know it. It’s so easy and so good and it lasted one day at my house! If you love coconut you will love this delicious cake. Toasted coconut takes this cake to the next level.
Butter Pecan Coconut Cake and Frosting Ingredients Needed:
Butter Pecan Cake Mix
Shredded Coconut
Butter
Pecans
Cream Cheese
Powdered Sugar
Milk
Cinnamon
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Butter Pecan Coconut Cake
This delicious Butter Pecan Coconut Cake is one your family will love!
Servings: 8 servings
- 1 (15.25 ounce) butter pecan cake mix (could use yellow or spice cake mix)
- 2 cups coconut divided
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup pecans chopped (divided)
Frosting for cake:
- 1 8 ounce cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons butter softened
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 or 4 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (Optional)
- 3/4 cup of the toasted coconut
- 1/4 cup of the chopped pecans
Toast the 2 cups of coconut in the 3 tablespoons butter. I do mine in a skillet on top of the stove stirring constantly until coconut is browned.
Prepare the cake mix according to package directions but replace the water called for in the mix with milk. Fold 1 cup of the toasted coconut and 1/2 cup of pecans into cake batter.
Pour batter into 2 greased, round cake pans. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes.
Let cake layers cool 10 minutes in pans and turn out onto plates. Let cool and frost with recipe below for frosting.
Frosting Instructions:
Mix cream cheese and butter with mixer. Add in powdered sugar, milk and cinnamon.
Fold in toasted coconut and chopped nuts with spoon. Spread frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup of toasted coconut and remaining 1/4 cup chopped pecans on top of the frosted cake.
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