Tropical White Chocolate Pound Cake Recipes

TROPICAL WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Mix sour cream and pineapple; set aside. Beat butter and granulated sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in melted chocolate and vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream mixture, beating until well blended after each addition. Add coconut; mix well. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on wire rack. Loosen cake from side of pan with small knife or metal spatula. Invert cake onto rack; gently remove cake. Cool completely on wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch bundt pan. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of white sugar in the bundt pan.
• Chop four squares of the white chocolate and melted 4 of the others. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and 2 cups of the sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in extracts and the melted white chocolate.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour cream. Beat just until combined.
• Pour 1/3 of the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with 1/2 of the chopped white chocolate. Repeat. Pour remaining batter on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 60 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Melt chocolate in the top of two double boilers or in bowls in the microwave. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool.
• Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan and let cool on a wire rack completely. Once cool place cake on a serving dish and drizzle with melted white and semisweet chocolate. Garnish with strawberries, if desired.

TROPICAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325.
• Grease a 12-cup Bundt pan. Lightly dust with flour.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl until mixed well.
• Beat together butter and sugar in a second bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix together sour cream (or yogurt), pineapple, and lime rind in a small bowl.
• On low speed, beat flour mixture into butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the sour cream (yogurt) mixture, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
• Add coconut and vanilla extracts.
• Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in 325-degree oven for 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Transfer pan to wire rack and cool for 20 minutes.
• Remove from pan and let cool completely.
• Glaze:.
• Whisk together lime juice and confectioner's sugar in small bowl until good drizzling consistency.
• Drizzle over cake and garnish with desired toppings.

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Chop four squares of white chocolate and melt the other four; set both aside. In a bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in extracts and the melted chocolate., Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Beat just until combined. , Grease a 10-in. fluted tube pan. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar. Pour a third of the batter into pan. Sprinkle with half of the chopped chocolate. Repeat. Pour remaining batter on top. , Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle semisweet and white chocolate over cake. Garnish with strawberries if desired.

TROPICAL WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking powder & salt; set aside.
• Mix sour cream & pineapple; set aside.
• Beat butter & sugar until light & fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Blend in melted chocolate & vanilla.
• Add flour mixture, alternately with sour cream mixture beating until well blended after each addition.
• Add coconut; mix well.
• Pour into greased & floured 10" tube pan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour 10 minutes or until tests done with toothpick.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes.
• Loosen from sides and and invert on rack; remove from pan.Cool completely and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• This can also be made in 9x5 loaf pans.

TROPICAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Spray a 10-cup tube pan with floured cooking spray and set aside (make sure the pan is coated well).
• Cream together the butter and cream cheese on low speed until mixed well. Slowly add the sugar. Beat until the mixture is light and fluffy at medium-high speed for 5 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed. (Mix from 15 to 30 seconds.) Slowly add flour. Once the flour is mixed in add the extracts. Beat the mixture on medium-low speed for about 30 seconds. Stop and scrape down the sides, beat another 30 seconds. TIP: do not overbeat, cake will be dry.
• Pour batter into the tube pan and distribute evenly. Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes. Test for doneness. Remove from over and let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes turn the cake out on a serving dish. Put the dish on a wire rack to complete cooling. One cake is cool, frost.
• Icing: Take the strained crushed pineapple, put in a small bowl, and with the back of a large spoon, press out as much juice as possible. Set aside.
• Cream together the cream cheese and butter. Add the crushed pineapple and extracts. Beat about a minute. Slowly add the confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until you reach the desired spreading consistency. You will most likely use the entire box. Beat until light and fluffy. Frost the pound cake on all sides, top and middle. Carefully press the coconut on the sides, and sprinkle on the top. Hint, put the cake dish on waxed paper so that the coconut that falls off can be easily collected.

WHITE CHOCOLATE COCONUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together until well combined. Set aside until needed.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese on medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Gradually add in the sugar, then increase the speed to medium-high and continue beating until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the vanilla extract and coconut extract.
• Reduce the speed to medium-low, then add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in the coconut milk and coconut oil.
• Reduce the speed to low and add in the flour mixture, mixing just until combined.
• Generously grease a 10-inch (12-cup) bundt pan, being sure to coat all of the nooks and crannies. I suggest using a non-stick baking spray that has flour in it. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown AND a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the pan, set on a wire rack, for 10 minutes. Then invert the cake onto the rack and cool completely, about 2 and ½ hours.

TROPICAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Spray loaf pan with cooking spray and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine cake mix, milk, bananas and eggs and mix well.
• Stir in coconut and pour into pan.
• Bake for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• NOTE: Very pretty topped with sliced kiwifruit, vanilla ice cream and pineapple or apricot preserves or orange marmalade.

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. Grease and flour a 10-cup fluted tube pan.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating after each addition, just until combined. Stir in melted chocolate. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, combine evaporated milk and chocolate. Cook and stir over low heat until chocolate is melted. Cool to room temperature.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with chocolate mixture. Beat just until combined.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube or bundt pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack; cool completely.
• FOR ICING: In a heavy saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over low heat until blended and smooth, stirring often.
• Remove from the heat.
• Stir in the confectioners sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach desired consistency.
• Drizzle over cake.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Mix the Cake mix, Instant Pudding, Oil, Eggs, and Water and set aside.
• Melt the Chocolate Chips in the Microwave for 30- 45 seconds or until completely melted and stir until smooth.
• Add melted Chocolate Chips to the Cake batter and mix thoroughly.
• Pour batter into a Bundt Pan or in two medium size loaf pans and bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• When cake is almost completely cooled, remove from pan and sprinkle with Powdered Sugar.
• Variations:.
• Add Cherry Pie Filling over each slice and a dollop of Cool Whip for a Black Forest Dessert or Vanilla Ice Cream between two slices topped with Hot fudge Sauce, Cool Whip and a Cherry for the Best Hot Fudge Cake Ever!
• Enjoy!

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Generously grease and flour pans (see description above).
• Sift the flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
• Place the butter and sugars in mixer bowl, fitted with paddle if possible, and beat until smooth and creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down sides of bowl before each addition.
• Add half the flour mixture and beat well, then add the milk, coffee and vanilla.
• Scrape down sides and add remaining flour mixture. Beat well.
• Pour batter into prepared pan(s). Transfer to oven and bake until cake pulls away from the sides, and tester comes out NOT QUITE clean, about 50-55 minutes for bundt pan, 45 minutes for 9x5, and 40 minutes for 8x4's. These times are not exact -- they may take up to 15 minutes longer!
• Cool for 20 minutes in pan, then invert on rack. Cool to room temperature.

TROPICAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter; lightly brush over one side of each cake slice. Place buttered side up in a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. pan. Broil 3-4 in. from the heat for 1-2 minutes or until golden brown. , In a large skillet, melt remaining butter; add fruit. Cook and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until heated through. Stir in honey; cook for 2 minutes. , Place two cake slices on each of six dessert plates. Top each with 1/2 cup fruit mixture; sprinkle with coconut. Garnish with pomegranate seeds if desired.

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350. Lightly mist three 8 inch loaf pans with vegetable oil spray, then dust with flour. Shake out excess flour.
• Heat the white chocolate in saucepan over low heat until melted, stirring constantly. Set aside to cool slightly.
• Place cake mix, melted butter, milk, eggs, vanilla and slightly cooled white chocolate in mixing bowl. Blend with mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop machine and scrape down sides of the bowl. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping down sides again, if needed. The batter should look well blended. Divide batter evenly among the prepared pans. Place pans in oven.
• Bake the loaves until they are light brown and spring back when lightly pressed with yout finger, 40-45 minutes. Remove pans from oven and cool on wire racks for 10 minutes. Run a dinner knife around the edge of the loaves and invert them onto racks. Turn on one side and let cool completely, 35-40 minutes, before serving.