3 Day Cake

⏱ 1830 mins 🍽 12 serving(s) 🏷 Dessert

This wonderful cake recipe comes from a friend's mother. It is a yellow cake mix base, baked and then split into layers. The layers are filled with a mixture of sugar, coconut, and sour cream. After assembling, the cake is frosted with a blend of the reserved filling and Cool Whip. The key step is to cover and refrigerate the finished cake for a full three days before serving, which allows the flavours to develop beautifully. It serves 12 people.

3 Day Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 (18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 1/4 cups water
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups flaked coconut
  • 8 ounces Cool Whip
  • 2 cups sour cream

Method

  1. Make the cake batter following the directions on your yellow cake mix box, using 3 eggs, 1 1/4 cups of water, and 1/2 cup of butter. Pour the batter into 8-inch or 9-inch pans.
  2. While the cake bakes, combine the 2 cups of sugar, 2 cups of flaked coconut, and 2 cups of sour cream in a bowl.
  3. Reserve 1 cup of this coconut and sour cream mixture for later use.
  4. Once the baked cake has cooled completely, use a serrated knife to carefully split each layer horizontally, creating four layers in total.
  5. Place the first cake layer on a covered cake plate. Spread some of the coconut mixture over it, repeating this process for the next two layers. Do not put any filling on the final top layer.
  6. Take the 1 cup of reserved coconut mixture and fold it into the 8 ounces of Cool Whip until well combined.
  7. Use this Cool Whip blend to frost the top and sides of the assembled cake.
  8. Cover the frosted cake securely and place it in the refrigerator. Chill it for 3 days.
  9. Serve the cake after its three-day rest.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium408500 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDessert
AuthorHeidiSue