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coconut cake w/ pineapple frosting

(1 rating)
ansky714 avatar
Recipe by
Lora DiGs
@ansky714
Monroe Township, NJ

THIS IS A DELICIOUS CAKE THAT I USUALLY MAKE FOR HOLIDAYS CAUSE ITS JUST TOOOOO GOOD N TOOOOO MUCH CAKE FOR MY FAMILY OF FOUR.....ITS THE KIND OF CAKE THATS WORTH THE EFFORT TO MAKE...AKA PIÑA COLADA CAKE :)

(1 rating)
yield 6 -8
prep time 40 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For coconut cake w/ pineapple frosting

  • 1 c
    butter, room temp
  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 4 lg
    eggs, room temp
  • 3 c
    self rising flour
  • 1 c
    coconut milk
  • 2 tsp
    vanilla
  • FILLING
  • 3/4 c
    sugar
  • 1 c
    sour cream
  • 4 Tbsp
    coconut milk (reg milk ok)
  • 1/2 c
    coconut, flaked
  • FROSTING
  • 8 oz
    cream cheese, room temp
  • 1/2 c
    butter, room temp
  • 1 lb
    confectioners sugar
  • 1 c
    canned crushed pineapple in its own juice not heavy syrup (squeezed dry)

How To Make coconut cake w/ pineapple frosting

  • 1
    GREASE N FLOUR 3 ROUND CAKE PANS. IN LARGE MIXN BOWL CREAM TOGETHER BUTTER N SUGAR UNTIL FLUFFY. (About 8 min) ADD EGGS ONE AT A TIME N MIXN WELL AFTER EACH ADDITION. GRADUALLY ADD FLOUR N COCONUT MILK STARTN WITH FLOUR N ENDING WITH FLOUR....NOW ADD VANILLA N COMBINE. PREHEAT OVEN TO 350
  • 2
    POUR BATTER EVENLY INTO THE THREE PREPARED PANS....LEVEL WITH OFFSET SPATULA OR DROP 2" -3" ABOVE COUNTER to LEVEL. BAKE FOR 30 MINUTES. REMOVE FROM OVEN N COOL ON COOLN RACKS FOR 15 MIN.
  • 3
    IN A SMALL BOWL COMBINE SOUR CREAM, 4 TBLSP. COCONUT MILK, N COCONUT...SET ASIDE. ON CAKE PLATTER INVERT ONE LAYER OF CAKE NEXT POKE HOLES IN THE CAKE WITH WRONG END OF WOODEN SPOON (I USED PLASTIC N IT WORKD JUST FINE....LOL) ABOUT 1" apart NOW SPOON ON ONE THIRD OF SOUR CREAM MIXTURE...NEXT CAKE LAYER N REPEAT PROCESS N THE SAME WITH LAST LAYER ;)
  • 4
    OKAY. NOW IS WEN THE PATIENCE COMES IN...REFRIGERATE CAKE (COVERD) FOR 24 HOURS....TRY N FORGET ABOUT IT :/
  • 5
    OK ITS 24 HOURS LATER! MIX CREAM CHEESE N BUTTER TOGETHER THEN MIX IN CONFECTIONERS SUGAR ON LOW UNTIL ALL IS COMBINED. MIX IN CRUSHD PINEAPPLE...FROST CAKE N REFRIGERATE (for frosting to firm up slightly). THEN ENJOY :)
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