Ice-Itself Chocolate Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 1 c. flake coconut
• 1/2 c. pecans, chopped
• 1/3 c. packed light brown sugar
• 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
• 3 Tbsp. evaporated milk
• 2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
• 1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened
• 1 c. plus 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 1/4 c. plus 2 Tbsp. unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1/3 c. Hershey's cocoa
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 c. buttermilk or sour milk*