Favorite "Party Cake" Recipe - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 yellow or lemon cake mix
1 pkg. instant vanilla or pistachio pudding mix
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
1 (9 oz.) Cool Whip
1 can crumbled pineapple
1 pkg. coconut
chopped nuts
cherries

Preparation

Cook cake.
Cool.
Mix pudding.
Drain pineapple.
Mix together the cream cheese and Cool Whip.
Add pudding.
Ice cake. Add pineapple, coconut, nuts and cherries as desired.
(This cake can be made ahead and frozen.)
Double recipe for larger sized cake.