The Gift Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. white or yellow cake mix
1 pkg. Jell-O vanilla instant pudding and pie filling
1 1/3 c. water
4 eggs
1/4 c. oil
1 1/3 c. Baker's Angel Flake coconut
1 c. strawberry jam
Cool Whip topping
2 c. coconut

Preparation

Combine cake mix, pudding mix, water, eggs and oil in large mixer bowl.
Blend, then beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 4 minutes.
Stir in 1 1/3 cups coconut.
Pour into greased and floured pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 50 minutes or until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan.
Do not underbake.
Cool in pan 15 minutes.
Remove pan and finish cooling on rack.
Cut in half to make two 6 x 8-inch layers.
Spread jam and 1/2 cup of the whipped topping between layers.
Frost with remaining whipped topping. Sprinkle 2 cups of coconut on top.
Decorate with green or red bow.