This is a very delicious cream filling. I used low-fat milk because that's all I have at home, but it would probably taste even better with regular milk. I have an electric stove and it burned some of the milk in the bottom, leaving little crumbs in the filling. Not a big deal as the coconut flakes added texture and masked over the crumbs anyway. But next time I might start off with low heat and gradually work it up to medium to avoid the burning.

This recipe yields the most delicious coconut cream filling EVER. It has such a yummy taste--hard to describe because it's very basic, homey, and "old-fashioned" if that makes any sense...just very rich and comforting, and absolutely perfect with the cake for Coconut Layer Cake. However, this would also be perfect as a pie filling, or on it's own with toasted almonds on top.