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A cake shaped like a pineapple with toasted coconut on the outside, a pink straw and cocktail umbrella on top

Pina Colada Cake

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  • Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Yield: 10-12 1x

Ingredients

Scale

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. ย 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. ย 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. ย 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. ย 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. ย 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. ย 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. ย Spread the remaining chocolate frosting over the outside of the cake. Press handfuls of toasted coconut into the frosting, covering the cake completely.

8. ย 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. ย Insert a paper cocktail umbrella and a drinking straw into the carved out part of the cake.ย 

  • Author: Sandy Axelrod adapted from Food Network Magazine June 2011
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 35 minutes
  • Category: Sweets
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: Tropical
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