Make it with a different candy, and this coconut icebox cake could serve you all year.

Ingredients

1(5.1-oz.)pkg.

Let stand until very thick, about 5 minutes.

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Add powdered sugar, and beat on high speed until stiff peaks form, 30 to 60 seconds.

Fold 3 cups of the whipped cream mixture and 1 1/2 cups of the shredded coconut into pudding.

Set aside remaining whipped cream mixture, uncovered, until ready to use.

Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake ingredients

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(Cookies will not completely cover bottom.)

Spread about 1 1/4 cups of the pudding mixture on top of cookies in an even layer.

Transfer toasted coconut to small heatproof bowl; let cool to room temperature, 5 to 10 minutes.

Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake whisking together the pudding mixture

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Cover and set aside at room temperature until ready to use.

Remove sides of springform pan.

Spread 2 cups of the whipped cream mixture evenly around sides of assembled cake.

Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake making the whipped cream mixture

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Spoon remaining about 1 1/2 cups whipped cream into a piping bag fitted with a No.

1M open star tip.

Pipe 16 stars or a rope border around top edge of cake.

Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake folding whipped cream into the pudding mixture

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Freeze, uncovered, until whipped cream is firm to the touch, about 1 hour.

Arrange toasted coconut in a circle in center of cake to resemble a nest.

Place candy eggs in coconut nest.

Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake placing the cookies in the bottom of the pan

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Slice with a warm knife and serve.

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Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake spreading the pudding over the cookies on the first layer of the cake

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Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake spreading whipped cream over the top of the cake

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Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake toasting the coconut

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Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake spreading the whipped cream around the sides of the cake

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Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake piping the border on the cake

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Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake adding the coconut nest to the top of the cake

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Southern Living Coconut Icebox Cake sliced and ready to serve

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