Punch Bowl Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Pillsbury Plus yellow cake mix with pudding
1 large bowl Cool Whip
4 to 5 bananas
1 small basket strawberries (frozen when not in season)
1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple
1 bag coconut (shredded)
1 large box instant vanilla pudding
walnuts (optional)

Preparation

Make pudding as directed and chill.
Bake cake in 2 layers and cool.
Cover bottom of punch bowl with sliced strawberries.
Put 1 layer of cake.
Spread 1/2 of pudding, 1/2 can pineapple with juice, 2 1/2 sliced bananas, 1 layer of cake, sliced strawberries with juice (save 1 whole strawberry), spread 1/2 of pudding, 2 1/2 sliced bananas and 1/2 can pineapple with juice.
Puncture holes in cake with wooden spoon handle all the way to bottom of bowl.
Top with Cool Whip.
Spread generously with spatula.
Sprinkle with coconut (Walnuts optional).
Top with 1 whole strawberry in center.