Mom'S Easy Coconut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup Splenda sugar substitute
2 cups shredded coconut
3 1/2 cups Cool Whip

Preparation

prepare cake according to package directions.
Combine milk, sugar or Splenda,and 1/2 cup coconut in saucepan . Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute.
Poke holes in cake with a fork.
Spoon mixture over warm cake and allow to cool completely.
Fold half of the remaining coconut into whipped topping and spread over cake. top with the remaining coconut and refrigerate.