Pina Colada Birthday cake

greenfire

Mon, Jan 18 2016, 2:11 pm

if you like pina colada - you might just love my newest experiment

used a crumb cake recipe - put pineapples in the center - left off the crumbs

then I whipped up coconut cream with some confectionery sugar, vanilla & a little puerto rican rum

the cream didn't get stiff so I froze it ... dolloped atop each piece like ice cream

Happy Birthday

happy 80th birthday mama !!! Mr. Green

salud y לחיים Mr. Green

greenfire

Mon, Jan 18 2016, 4:04 pm

4 1/2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups crisco

mix then add

6 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup coconut liquid [separated from can of cream]
1/2 cup pineapple juice [separated from can of pineapple]

mix then place 1/2 batter in two 9" round pans
put 3/4 can crushed pineapple sans juice in center [unsweetened juice]
spread remainder of batter on each of the 2 cakes [use spatula being careful not to mush the pineapple around by only touching the batter as you spread]

bake 350° for an hour or so - until golden brown and bounces back to the touch

only 1 cake was used - the other got frozen for a day then got eaten too

for coconut whip cream

buy 2 cans coconut milk - leave chilling in fridge for 24 hours
open cold can scooping out the thick cream [save clear coconut water for cake and/or pina coladas]

add some confectionery sugar [don't have an amount - 1/2 cup maybe]
some vanilla
some puerto rican rum [maybe the rum killed the whip]

if you wish you can also add a small 8 oz container of rich's whip

I turned it into a frozen treat and served over cake

use shredded coconut with a little food colouring and confectionery sugar for garnish

ditto for some chunked pineapple & maraschino cherries

definitely goes well with pina colada & guess what you now have all the ingredients ... although I splashed some coconut seltzer water as well as the cherry juice, pineapple juice, coconut water & whatever else I found [moscato, bubbly apple cider] ~ do NOT forget the rum Cheers

p.s. next time I bake this - I might leave out the pineapple - cut the cake in half - then spread a pineapple filling - thicker & sweeter by cooking on the stovetop with corn starch or something - only cause birthday cakes should flaunt their fillings