Pumpkin Coconut Cream Cheese Cake

Pumpkin Coconut Cream Cheese Cake - Summer H.
(A Prizewinner!)

2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups salad oil
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups cooked pumpkin
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
2 cups flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup flaked coconut

Beat together sugar and oil. Mix in eggs and pumpkin. Stir in dry ingredients. Then add nuts and coconut. Pour into greased 9 x 13 x 2-inch pan and bake in 350F oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cake tests done. Frost with Cream Cheese icing.

Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2 stick butter, softened
1 8-oz. package cream cheese
1 box confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup flaked coconut

Cream butter and cream cheese. Gradually add in sugar and vanilla. Stir in nuts and coconut. Spread evenly over cake when cooled.