I made exactly as directed, except I used 2 round cake pans instead of the 9x13, and my family RAVED about this cake. My mom is making it for a potluck this week. This cake is definitely sticky-sweet and for coconut lovers only, but that describes my whole family, so it was a hit!

This is such an easy recipe and it is very good. I made it for my friends and everyone just loved it.

Cake was miost, but not much coconut flavor. Way to much frosting for my taste.Will try with coconut cream or flavoring the next time. Great if you dont like strong flavors

LOVED IT! Made it for my boyfriend's birthday and he loved it too! I used the 9x13 pan and cut it in half to make the double layer. It was my first time to double a cake but turned out great! Will make again for sure!

I made this cake for my son's 6th birthday because he loves coconut. It was so easy and came out sooooo nice. I was almost going to skip the toasted coconut topping but am so glad i didnt, it adds so much to the finished cake. I also baked mine in a springfoam pan for 45 minutes. This cake is huge.

This recipe is amazing. I used a white cake mix instead since that always reminds me of coconut cake. I also used coconut buttercream icing instead. 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup shortening, coconut flavoring, 1 lb powdered sugar, 2 or 3 TBS milk, and 2 cups coconut. It was so yummy. A HUGE hit on Easter!

This is a good recipe, nice and easy. I Made the bunny cake as seen on a video on this website with the toasted coconut and marshmallows, it was perfect. I didnt put the nuts in the cake mix and I also used shredded coconut instead of flaked and everyone really liked it.

I don't even like coconut and these were amazing! I made cupcakes and they were so moist and wonderful. The toasted coconut is what really made it. Frosting was the best!

Really disliked this recipe. The coconut and yellow cake do not mesh well, and the frosting was awful. Tasted like sweet cream cheese. Would not recommend this recipe.

I never liked coconut until this cake. The toasted buttery crunchy coconut on top makes it even better. Only coconut you will ever see me eating!!

So good, and so easy! I'll definitely make this again!

Very good - moist and flavorful. My father in law has a coconut cake every year and his favorite bakery stopped making them. I made this one because of the high reviews and was pleased. I added probably 1/2 c applesauce because of some reviewiers saying it was dry. I was disappointed that it was yellow instead of white so i might sub another cake mix, but it tasted so good id hate to mess it up. FIL didn't mind the yellow. He likes a different icing though so I made the icing from the "6 layer coconut cake" recipe on this site. It was perfect.

Out of all the cakes I make this is my husband's favorite. Its so moist and coconuty! Yum.

I made this for my mom's birthday, and with the following changes it turned out excellent! For the batter, I omitted nuts and chopped the coconut finely. Then I split the two 9 inch cakes into 4 layers and filled it with the pineapple topping recipe also from this site. For the frosting, It would have been way too sweet for my asian tastebuds, and so I used 1 8 oz package of cream cheese and only 3/4 cup sugar! YES, it might sound like too little but the cake itself is already extremely sweet. After frosting the cake, I toasted 2 cups of coconut and smothered the entire cake with it so it looked like one big toasted snowball. The flavor was out of this world. Thank you so much for this recipe!

It was ok. The cake was crumbly and the frosting too sugary, subing pudding sounds like it would have been better. It's not going to stay in my house as it will not get eaten. I will look at at more coconut cake recipes before I try it again w/ making substitutions.

This cake is amazing! I use 2 8 or 9" rounds, split them and fill with raspberry jam. I've used this frosting recipe but there's another one I like better. This cake is amazing though!

I think 4 minutes is way too long to mix the batter. My cake turned out a little tougher than I would have liked. But it's no matter. My roommate still said it was the best cake she'd ever had! The toasted coconut is SO pretty, and the texture is great, too!