My niece has requested a chocolate birthday cake with chocolate buttercream icing "with coconut" somewhere.... I was thinking along the almond joy lines and thought a nice white coconut filling would be perfect. Anybody have a recipe for coconut filling???????? Thanks for the help!

OK NEVERMIND....AFTER I POSTED THIS....I DID A SEARCH ON THIS SITE AND FOUND JUST WHAT I NEEDED. BRAIN DEAD. SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great...I was thinking the stuff I use for coconut filling was the instant coconut pudding.....

Thanks....that's a good idea, and maybe more what I had in mind than the opther option I found. I am just now experimenting with fillings and think that puddings are always an option, RIGHT?

Happy Thanksgiving~

I make a coconut cake and the icing is powdered sugar, cool whip and coconut. I don't see why this couldn't be a filling, too. You could even use the chocolate cool whip. I'm not sure of the ratio of ingredients. I also put it in the fridge to get firm before I icing.

Gilson~ Thanks...that sounds wonderful and I'm gonna save the idea FOR FUTURE USE!!! This particular cake has to travel an hour south for a Thanksgiving gathering...then 5 hours north with my niece taking it back home to Kansas City with her!!! Don't think the cool whip would make the trips!!!!

Why not just add some coconut flavouring to your buttercream along with some shredded coconut??

Thanks everybody....putting this together this evening. Might just combine a few ideas!