Tempt My Tummy Tuesday - Coconut Cake

Found this recipe about a year ago when a friend wanted Coconut Cake for his birthday.  This recipe is made to order for these reasons:

simple ingredients 

quick and easy to make
can be made ahead
leftovers freeze well

This is a great recipe to file under hospitlaity because of its ease and the fact you can make it ahead of time - two factors that make it a keeper in my opinion.

Coconut Freezer Cake
{from Gooseberry Patch~ so yummy!}

18-1/4 oz. pkg. white cake mix
14-oz. pkg. sweetened flaked coconut
16-oz. container sour cream
2 c. sugar
8-oz. container frozen whipped topping, thawed

Prepare cake according to package directions dividing batter evenly among three, 9" round cake pans. Bake according to package directions. Let cool. In a large bowl, combine coconut, sour cream and sugar; set aside one cup of mixture. Place one cake on a cake stand and top with half the coconut mixture. Add second cake and spread remaining coconut mixture on top. Place third layer on; set aside. Combine reserved coconut mixture with whipped topping; frost top and sides of cake. Place in freezer. Let stand 15 minutes before serving. Makes 12 to 18 servings.

Monday Memo: Dear Family

 

 

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Shopping My Shelves

I will leave the Christmas trees up till New Years but today I began putting away all the other decorations.

I love to shop from my own shelves when decorating.  It is so fun to rethink or repurpose an object that I already have.  So when I removed the Christmas decorations from my dining room table I went shopping and what you see here is what I came up with.  First the tray and tea set but there was no height so I added the crystal candle holder.  Still not enough height to suit me so I put the whole tray on a heavy upside down cut glass bowl.  Ahh - I like it.  Something totally different and new to me without spending a penny.  My idea of fun. 

 

 

 

Monday Memo: Get Busy

Now to get busy cleaning up the aftermath!

Ten Ways

Every Time . . .

 

"Christmas, my child, is love in action . . . 

When you love someone, you give to them, as God gives to us.  

The greatest gift He ever gave was the person of His Son, sent to us . . . 

so that we might know what God the Father is really like!  

Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."

Dale Evans Rogers