Pineapple Cake With Crunch Coconut Topping Recipes

PINEAPPLE CRUNCH CAKE RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• The Cake: Place drained pineapple on a plate and pat the pineapple pieces dry and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Mix on low for one minute. Add the butter pieces and continue to mix on low until the mixture resembles sand. In a small bowl whisk together the eggs , sour cream and vanilla. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry mixture and mix on low until the ingredients are just combined. Increase speed to medium high and mix for 1-1/2 minutes or until smooth. Fold the pineapple into the batter. Spoon the batter into the prepared baking dish and smooth batter with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle crunch topping over all. Bake the cake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. After 30 minutes of baking, cover the top of cake loosely with a piece of aluminum foil to help prevent the top of the cake from browning too much. Serve topped with warm caramel sauce. The Crunch topping: Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and gently mix the butter into the dry ingredients Warm Caramel Sauce: In a medium size, heavy-bottom saucepan, combine the heavy cream, butter, brown sugar, salt and water. Place pan over medium heat and continue to stir until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture comes to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Continue to stir vigorously until the sauce is smooth. Serve sauce warm. To store sauce allow it to cool completely and store in an air tight container in the refrigerator for up to one week.

PINEAPPLE CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Stir in pineapple and walnuts. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes on a wire rack., For icing, combine sugar, butter and milk in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes. Pour over warm cake. Sprinkle with coconut if desired.

PINEAPPLE ICE-CREAM CAKE WITH COCONUT TOPPING

Steps:

• In the bottom of an 8 1/2-inch springform pan arrange the cake, cutting the pieces to fit in one layer, and freeze it while making the ice cream.
• Make the ice cream:
• In a heavy saucepan combine pineapple and 1/4 cup of the sugar and simmer the mixture, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, for 5 minutes. Drain the pineapple mixture in a fine sieve set over a bowl, reserving the syrup for another use. In a bowl whisk together the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, the cornstarch, a pinch of salt, the yolks, and the whole egg and add the milk, scalded, in a stream, whisking. In a heavy saucepan bring the custard to a boil over moderate heat, whisking, boil it, whisking, for 2 minutes, and strain it through a fine sieve into a metal bowl set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water. Stir in the pineapple mixture and vanilla, let the custard cool, stirring, and stir in the cream. Freeze the custard in an ice-cream freezer according to the manufacturer's instructions until it is frozen but still soft.
• Spoon the ice cream over the cake, spreading it evenly, and freeze the cake while making the topping.
• Make the topping:
• In a bowl beat the cream until it holds soft peaks and beat in the sugar and sour cream. Beat the mixture until it just holds stiff peaks and fold in the coconut gently but thoroughly.
• Spoon the topping over the ice cream, spreading it evenly, and freeze the cake, its surface covered with plastic wrap, overnight. Let the cake stand at room temperature for 10 minutes, remove the side of the pan, and transfer the cake to a serving plate. Sprinkle the coconut on top and serve the cake into wedges.

PINEAPPLE CAKE WITH CRUNCH COCONUT TOPPING

Steps:

• To make the topping: Combine the brown sugar, flour and coconut in a bowl.
• Cut in the butter until crumbly and set aside until needed.
• To make the cake, grease a 10" tube pan, line the base with parchment paper and grease.
• Drain the pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup syrup.
• Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time and beat until combined.
• Stir in alternately the flour and the reserved syrup, making two additions of each.
• Spread half the cake mixture evenly over the base of the prepared pan, top with the well-drained pineapple and half the topping.
• Spread with the remaining cake mixture and sprinkle with the remaining topping.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for about 50 minutes and let stand 5 minutes before turning on to a wire rack to cool.