Let them eat cake

It's my assignment, for my mother-in-law's birthday, to make the cake. Now, I'm not a cake baker. I do cookies and bread, and even pies. But not cake. But I have managed it in the past, so I'll try my best.

MIL said she liked my coconut macaroons the best from all of my holiday cookies, so I've been looking for coconut-type cakes. So far, I've found:

• Rich chocolate layer cake (suggested by a co-worker)
• Coconut sour cream cake with a lemon cream cheese frosting
• Almond Joy cheesecake

All easy. All pretty quick. Big pluses in my book.

I think I'm leaning towards the coconut sour cream cake. It looks simple and something I could do the day before, which is a big plus in my book. I think I'll make it in rounds so I can make it a layer cake. Then I'll see if I can't find some lemon curd to put between the layers. The lemon should cut the coconut taste enough that non-coconut lovers should like it, too. If I was making it just for me, I think I'd go with lime rather than lemon, but not everyone likes that.