Description
Moist Hawaiian Coconut Cake with pineapple filling and coconut cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups coconut milk
1 1/2 tsp coconut essence
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 egg whites
20 oz crushed pineapple
2/3 cup sugar
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup butter
8 oz cream cheese
5 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 tbsp coconut milk
1 cup shredded coconut
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare cake pans
2. Mix flour baking powder and salt
3. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy
4. Add coconut milk coconut essence and vanilla
5. Mix dry ingredients into batter
6. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form
7. Fold egg whites into batter
8. Bake cake layers for 25 to 35 minutes
9. Cook pineapple filling until thick
10. Prepare cream cheese coconut frosting
11. Slice cake layers into four layers
12. Assemble cake with pineapple filling and frosting
13. Frost cake and coat with shredded coconut
Notes
Use room temperature ingredients
Shake coconut milk well before measuring
Cool pineapple filling before assembling
- Prep Time: 2 hours
- Cook Time: 3 hours 55 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Hawaiian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 5400
- Sugar: 520 g
- Sodium: 350 mg
- Fat: 250 g
- Saturated Fat: 140 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 90 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 720 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 35 g
- Cholesterol: 120 mg