The best thing about this cake, aside from being so easy, is that you can make it to please your taste buds! You can really pick and choose whatever toppings you want, but these are the ones I’ve used in the past:

Cake

Pudding

Fruit

cool whip

Here are some other ideas of things you can choose from:

Cake: yellow, angel food, chocolate, strawberry, white

Pudding: vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, lemon, pistachio

Fruit: pineapple, cherry pie filling, bananas, peaches, pears (you can use as many fruits as you like)

Chocolate chips, cinnamon fudge, coconut, walnuts (or any other type of dried fruit) are also great options.

Now, to “build” your new layer cake, all you need to do is layer the ingredients in a clear glass container. The presentation is so beautiful because you can see all the colors and ingredients through the glass! You may want to choose ingredients and colors to match whatever holiday you’re making the cake for.

Start with the cake as the first layer (break into pieces or cut into squares), add fruit, then some pudding, then chill the whip. Cake – fruit – pudding – cold whip, etc. – until the container is almost full.

You can then top with items like: coconut, pecans, or cherries if you like.

If you want to have colored coconut, simply place the coconut in a ziplock bag with a few drops of food coloring and mix until desired color is reached.

An example of a nice festive display; a large fountain with the glass container in the center. Add green coconut “grass” around the plate. Then add some nicely placed Easter eggs (candy, or real ones =) around the green grass.