preheat oven to 350. prepare 2 round 9inch cake pans. (grease pans, line circles cut from wax paper, grease&flour pan again)

add dry ingredients to bowl of stand mixer. mix on low speed just to combine everything together(about 10 seconds)

add oil, water, blueberry syrup, eggs, pureed strawberries and extracts. mix at medium speed until combined and large lumps are gone (about 1 minute)

stir in shredded coconut until evenly distributed

divide batter between the 2 cake pans

bake 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean and edges of cake begin to pull away from the sides.

remove cakes from oven and let cool in pans on a wire cooling rack for 10 minutes. remove cakes from pans and allow to cool completely on cooling racks

while cakes are cooling, prepare the frosting

in bowl of stand mixer, with whip attachment, whip whipping cream until stiff (about 1-2 minutes. start on medium speed so cream doesn't splash up the sides of the bowl, up the speed to highest setting when cream starts to thicken)

removed prepared whipping cream from bowl and place in seperate container

in the same bowl, (no need to wash between steps) add cream cheese and a dash of vanilla and coconut extracts. begin mixing at medium speed, gradually add powdered sugar until smooth and well combined. (like I said, I don't use the whole box. Maybe a little over 3/4. this is a personal preference,you can adjust the amount of sugar to your liking)

add whipped cream mixture to cream cheese mixture and mix on med-high speed until well combined. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use

once cakes are cool you can begin frosting them. Lay one cake on a cake plate. add about 2 cups of frosting and spread evenly. add the second cake and frost with remaining frosting (Note: this recipe makes a lot of frosting and I always have some left over. it makes a great fruit or cookie dip! light, fluffy and not too sweet)

garnish came with reserved strawberries. I cut them in half length-wise and arrange them around the top of the cake, but feel free to decorate your cake however you like!