Pina Colada Cake originally published as Pina Colada Cake And A Clam Pizza on Food and Fond Memories on August 23, 2011 by sandyaxelrod 0 Comments (Edit)
Pina Colada Cake
Piña Colada Cake
I hope everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing weekend. I know I sure did. Saturday was spent sleeping in, shopping and dining out with friends. Sunday included a fabulous breakfast feast of Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes with Maple Syrup and Turkey Sausage after which we took the short walk to our community pool. We were the only ones at the pool, as usual, and we just floated around on our rafts listening to jazz on the ipod and talking about our future as the Traveling Locavores for a couple of hours.
By the time we showered we were so mellow that we barely had energy enough to make dinner. Steve offered to pick up a pizza but I figured I could handle putting one together myself. So he walked across the street to Publix and picked up a thin crust Boboli and some shredded mozzarella cheese. I cooked some bacon and chopped a few cloves of garlic. After covering the Boboli with the cheese I distributed a good amount of chopped clams, the chopped garlic, crumbled bacon, freshly ground black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes and dried Italian seasoning. Then I placed the pizza directly on my oven grate in a 450F oven and baked it for 8 minutes. The crust was nicely crisp and the flavor of the entire pizza was really delicious, especially with my Caesar Salad.
Finishing the Frosting
A Bowl Full of Yummy Toasted Coconut
Adding the Toasted Coconut
Now I know this really has no relationship to the Pina Colada Cake but I am still giving you recipes from our party in July. I have saved the best part for last – the desserts. The Pina Colada Cake was more of a centerpiece than a fabulous dessert. It was very cool looking but as a cake I actually found it to be a little dry. I used a chocolate cake mix because that is what the directions said to do. I thought it would be fool proof but it was just okay. Since this was really intended to be tropical looking decorative item I was not too upset and the other desserts were delicious enough to make up for this one. Next time I make this I will use a good chocolate cake recipe. I found the instructions for this cake in June’s Food Network Magazine and it fit my theme pretty well. It was really a great conversation piece and fun to make as well.
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Pina Colada Cake
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 10-12 1x
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 18.25-ounce box chocolate cake mix
4 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 16-ounce tub dark chocolate frosting
3/4 cup vanilla frosting
1 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut, toasted
Straw and paper umbrella for garnish
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray one 6-inch cake pan and two 1-quart ovenproof bowls with cooking spray. Beat the cake mix, eggs, buttermilk and vegetable oil with a mixer.
2. Divide the batter evenly among the pan and bowls; bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 25 minutes for the pan and 35 minutes for the bowls. Cool; unmold.
3. Trim all 3 cakes to make them level. Hollow out the smaller end of one of the bowl cakes, carving about 1 inch deep leaving a thick rim around the edge.
4. Put the uncut bowl cake, wider side up, on a cake board, plate or pedestal. Spread with a layer of chocolate frosting, then position the round cake on top.
5. Spread the top of the round cake with chocolate frosting, then put the other bowl cake on top, carved out part up. Freeze the cake about 1 hour which will make it easier to frost.
6. Frost the outer rim and inside of the carved out area with vanilla frosting using an offset spatula. Put the remaining vanilla frosting in a resealable plastic bag.
7. Spread the remaining chocolate frosting over the outside of the cake. Press handfuls of toasted coconut into the frosting, covering the cake completely.
8. Microwave the bag of vanilla frosting for 5 seconds (the bag will not melt). Snip off a corner and squeeze the frosting into the top of the cake so it looks like liquid.
9. Insert a paper cocktail umbrella and a drinking straw into the carved out part of the cake.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Sweets
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Tropical
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