Lady's Coconut Carrot Cake

Cake Ingredients
2 c. flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 c. vegetable oil
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 8-oz. can crushed pineapple (undrained)
2 c. grated carrots
1 1/3 c. shredded coconut

Icing Ingredients
8 oz. cream cheese
1/4 lb. butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1-2 c. confectioners sugar

Directions
Mix the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together. Beat the oil, sugar and eggs together in a different bowl. Add flour mixture to the wet mixture and beat until smooth. Add carrots and coconut. Pour into a greased & floured tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes and remove from pan.

Special Birthday Icing

We never liked sickly-sweet icing on our cakes growing up, so my mom concocted this recipe for our birthdays. Best with a chocolate cake, of course!

Ingredients
1 pkg. Jell-O Instant Pudding (white chocolate!)
1 cup whole milk
1 container Cool Whip

Directions
Beat milk into pudding with a whisk or fork. Let sit for three minutes. Fold-in Cool Whip. Store in the refrigerator and frost your cake just before serving!