Boogie Cake - A KISS Recipe

One of the men I work for/with had his 80^th birthday and I promised to bring him a cake.  Since his birthday was in the middle of the week and I remembered my promise some time into the late evening I decided I better use a cake mix for quickness.  Problem was, I had no idea as to what I would be icing it with.  I knew he liked nuts and coconut (about as much as I do) so I wanted to include them in his cake.  So here is what I did:

 

I mixed a yellow cake mix according to package directions and added ½ cup of chopped pecans plus added 1 Tbl. of black walnut flavoring.  I then baked the 2 layers in my brand new cake pans.  While looking around in the pantry for ideas on the icing I found a container of store bought pecan/coconut icing.  Perfect!  I added about 1 tsp. of black walnut flavoring to the container.  I also found about ¼ cup of finely chopped pecans that I poured into a bowl and added 1 tsp. of my black walnut flavoring to.  You guessed it, this would be a “fake” black walnut cake.  To the pecans that were soaking in the flavoring I added 1 pkg (8 oz.) of very soft cream cheese and 1 ½ cups of powdered sugar mixing it until creamy.  After my layers cooled I used the pecan/coconut icing as a filling between the layers using the whole container.  I then iced the outside with my cream cheese icing.  So simple and so quick.

 

I had no idea as to how this cake would go over and didn’t take it’s picture.  I now wish I had.  After presenting it to him around 10:00 the next morning, it was completely gone within the hour.  I don’t know when I’ve ever had so many compliments on a cake.  The flavoring and icing combinations were a tremendous hit!  So give this KISS cake recipe a try next time you need to make a cake quickly.  

I named this cake "Boogie Cake" after my friend.  Boogie is what he was called when young.