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Preparation Time:

20 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Moderate

Cost:

Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 pk (2-layer) yellow cake mix
1 pk (4-serving) jell-o vanilla
-flavor instant pudding
1 1/3 c Water
4 Eggs
1/4 c Oil
FROSTING:
1 c Strawberry preserves
3 1/2 c Thawed Cool WHip whipped
-topping
2 2/3 c Coconut
1/2 ts Real food coloring

Combine cake mix, pudding mix, water, eggs and oil in large mixing
bowl. Blend then beat at medium speed of electric mixer for 4
minutes. Stir in 1 1/2 cups coconut. Pour into greased and floured 13
x 9 inch cake pan. BAke at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until cake
begins to pull away from sides. Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove
from pan and finish cooling on rack. Cut in half to make two 6 x 8
inch layers. Fill with preserves and 1 cup of the topping; frost with
remaining topping. Mark "ribbon" with wooden picks. Tint 2/3 cup of
the coconut with food coloring and 1 teaspoon water; place in
"ribbon" area; edge with gumdrop strips, if desired. Sprinkle with
remaining coconut over rest of cake. Garnish with gumdrop bow of
flattened gumdrops with rolling pin on pastry board.