Grandmas famous pineapple coconut cake
Grandmas famous pineapple coconut cake

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, grandmas famous pineapple coconut cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook grandmas famous pineapple coconut cake using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Grandmas famous pineapple coconut cake:
  1. Prepare 1 box Duncan Hines coconut supreme cake mix
  2. Prepare 3 eggs
  3. Prepare 1 stick butter, melted
  4. Prepare 1 cup water
  5. Take 1 (20 oz) can of crushed pineapple (leave the juice)
  6. Take 1/2 cup brown sugar
  7. Make ready 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  8. Prepare 2 sticks butter, softened
  9. Take 4 cups powdered sugar
  10. Prepare 1 tablespoon milk
  11. Take 1 tsp coconut extract
  12. Get 1/2 tsp salt
  13. Take 2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
Steps to make Grandmas famous pineapple coconut cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour 3 9 inch cake pans
  2. In a stand mixer add cake mix, 1/2 cup melted butter and eggs. Mix for a minute on low and 3 minutes at medium speed. Batter should be thick and fluffy.
  3. Divide batter evenly between the 3 pans. Bake until top is golden and sides start to pull away from the pan, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely
  4. Add pineapple, brown sugar, and cornstarch to a saucepan. Cook over medium heat about 10 minutes until pineapple has thickened. It should be a little less thick than jam. Chill in fridge for an hour
  5. Add softened butter to a stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time. Add coconut extract, milk, and salt. Beat at high speed for 2 minutes
  6. Toast coconut in a dry skillet for about 10 minutes stirring often until golden brown
  7. To assemble, place the first layer of cake on a plate and trim so there is a flat surface. Spread half the pineapple filling. Repeat with a second layer of cake and the remaining filling, and finish with the last cake layer. Frost top and sides with coconut frosting.
  8. Add toasted coconut all over top and sides. Pipe frosting around the edges if desired
  9. Enjoy!

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