Rose's Coconut Cake

This recipe came from a friend of mine's mom. I always made a stop at her house on Thanksgiving and Christmas just to steal a piece of this cake. She passed away from cancer several years ago, but she gave me this recipe before she died. She jokingly told me that she knew I could live without her but not without her coconut cake. Of course, I cried like crazy when she told me that because we knew she didn't have long to live. She knew I would think of her each time I baked this cake.

ROSE'S COCONUT CAKE
1 box of yellow or white cake mix
1 1/2 tsp. coconut flavoring
1 box Cool Whip
8 oz. sour cream
1 c. sugar
1 bag coconut, divided

Follow directions on the box for two 9-inch round cake pans, adding 1 1\2 tsp. of coconut flavoring to the cake mix before baking. Mix Cool Whip, sour cream, sugar and 1/2 bag of coconut together. Spread between the 2 layers and on the cake. Sprinkle with remaining coconut. Cover and freeze. Better if frozen for at least 48 hours. Sit out of freezer with time to thaw on the day that it is being served.