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Easy Coconut Cake Recipe

This easy coconut cake recipe is unbelievably delicious and only uses 5 simple ingredients! Creamy, fluffy, and packed with coconut flavor, it’s the perfect no-fail dessert for potlucks, summer parties, and family dinners.

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This easy coconut cake recipe is unbelievably delicious and only uses 5 simple ingredients! Creamy, fluffy, and packed with coconut flavor, it’s the perfect no-fail dessert for potlucks, summer parties, and family dinners.

Ingredients

1 (15 oz.) box yellow or white cake mix (gluten free works too)
Ingredients needed for the cake mix directions. (usually eggs, water, and oil)
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (8 oz.) container whipped topping
1 (8 oz.) pkg. flaked coconut
1 (15 oz.) can crushed pineapple (optional)

Instructions

  1. Bake cake in a 9×13 inch pan according to box instructions.
  2. As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, pierce it all over with a fork.
  3. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the entire cake.
  4. Chill for at least 1 hour.
  5. Mix coconut (and pineapple, if desired) into the whipped topping.
  6. Spread over top of the chilled cake.
  7. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.