strawberry cake with cream cheese coconut icing

when i am in a contemplative mood, or a bad mood, when im bored, or sometimes just in a baking mood...i do just that, i bake. yesterday was one of those days. i needed something to keep my mind and my hands busy, and something sweet to eat. its probably a bad thing that i bake when i am in bad mood or bored, because i also like to eat when i am in a bad mood or bored....i dont see this one working out too well for my waistline....

its been a while since i actually made a cake so i went for it. my original idea for a cake started the other day when after 3 days of no choc late or candy i needed something sweet to eat. i take after my dad...it dosent matter how full i am, i always need something sweet to eat. my first idea was a red velvet cake, but much to my surprise, when i started looking up recipes....there is chocolate in it! who know? not me, i have eaten red velvet cake many times, and my grandmother by far makes the best....but i never really stopped to think about what was actually in it. well...i can mark that one off the list until after easter! so my next idea was to use the coconut that i bought the other day, i had intended to make coconut shrimp with it, but havent gotten around to it yet. so i looked up a few recipes and i was off....i cheated and used a boxed strawberry cake, but found a great recipe for the icing. mostly butter and cream cheese but it was really good. little miss liked it so much i couldnt keep her from licking the side of the bowl. of course she wanted to lick the cake batter too. the cake turned out great, even with all of little misses' help :) ever 5 minutes from the time we started until she finally got a piece she asked "can we eat the cake now? can we eat the cake now?"