Coconut Pineapple Cake
From zena824 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 15
Another cake that will have your guests talking ..... a must do cake for the holidays
Ingredients
- Cake: shopping list
- 1 (151/4 oz) can crushed pineapple in juice, undrained shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups butter, softened shopping list
- 3 cups sugar shopping list
- 5 large eggs shopping list
- 1/2 cup lemon-lime soft drink shopping list
- 3 cups cake flour, sifted shopping list
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
- 1 6 oz package frozen flaked coconut, thawed shopping list
- pineapple filling: shopping list
- 2 cups sugar shopping list
- 1/4 cup cornstarch shopping list
- 1 cup reserved drained crushed pineapple shopping list
- 1 cup water shopping list
- Cream Cheese Frosting: shopping list
- 1/2 cup butter, softened shopping list
- 1 3oz pkg cream cheese, softened shopping list
- 1 16 oz pkg powdered sugar, sifted shopping list
- 1/4 cup reserved pineapple juice shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
How to make it
- Grease bottom and sides of 3 9inch round cake pans; line bottoms with wax paper. Grease and flour wax paper.
- Drain pineapple, reserving 3/4 cup juice.
- Remove 1/4 cup reserved juice for Cream Cheese frosting, and reserve pineapple for pineapple filling.
- Beat butter at medium speed with an electirc mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
- Combine 1/2 cup reserved pineapple juice and soft drink.
- Add flour to butter mixture alternately with juice mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
- Beat at low apeed until blended after each addition; stir in flavorings.
- Pour into prepared pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Remove from pans immediately; cool on wire racks.
- Pineapple Filling:
- Stir together sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan; Stir in pineapple and water.
- Cook over low heat, stirfing occasionally, 15 minutes or until very thick.
- Cool.
- Spread 3/4 cup pineapple filling between cake layers and remaining filling on top of cake.
- Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with electric mixer until blended. Gradually add powdered sugar, pineapple juice, and vanilla, mixing well.
- Spread frosting on sides of cake; pipe border around top if desired.
- Sprinke coconut on sides and border.
The Rating
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juliecake
in Bluffdale loved it
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I can't remember if I told you that I made this cake or not. I would've taken a picture of it, but mine looked a little messy. lol We weren't home much so we actually enjoyed it for about 3 days w/ it stored in Tupperware. Each day that went by i...more
dynie
in Marietta loved it
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On Zena, this sounds so good! I can't wait to make this. I'm going to take the cake with me to a big Open House event that my group is having in April. Its going to be a hit! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe! It was exactly what I was looking f...more
annieamie
in Los Angeles loved it
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