"Award Winning" Snow Covered Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 box chocolate cake mix
1 1/4 c. water
1/3 c. vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 (3.5 oz.) can coconut flakes (optional)
1 (16 oz.) can vanilla frosting

Preparation

Heat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan with shortening, butter, or margarine.
Beat cake mix, water, oil, and eggs in large bowl on low speed 30 seconds.
Beat on medium speed 2 minutes or 299 strokes by hand.
Pour into pan.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Check with toothpick.
Cool for 10 minutes.
Frost completely.
Add coconut flakes (optional).