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This BEST Pineapple Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect dessert to serve at a “pineapple hospitality party,” or for any holiday gathering, party, or potluck. Optional to toast the coconut on top. Delicious and moist! Friends, dessert was fabulous at this recent party we attended: Pineapple Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting! oist and delicious, I pulled this BEST Pineapple Cake recipe from my mom’s church cookbook! (You may also ove this Banana Wanut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting – so good!) But first … the pineapple party! It’s true, that pictures really do tell a story. For us, the night we spent at Pennington Farms a few weeks ago, was magical, delicious, and so full of personality and beautiful hospitality.
I took a few pictures to share with you my love for this party, plus the pineapple, plus the fact that it’s just fun to throw a party … just because.
My friend Cathy owns Pennington Farms, out in the Applegate Valley in southern Oregon.
It now is one of the most successful farms in Oregon, and let me tell you, their foods are so fresh–the best.
Every year she throws a private party for family, friends, ranchers, farmers.
PINEAPPLE COCONUT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
With or without coconut, this cake is moist and delicous! Optional to toast your coconut first. Refrigerate any leftovers (because of the cream cheese frosting).
yield: 8-10 total time: 45 MINUTES prep time: 10 MINUTES cook time: 35 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS:
Cake: 2 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup chopped walnuts
Cooking spray
Frosting: 1/2 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. coconut extract
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup coconut (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. To make cake batter, in a large bowl, beat together eggs with sugar and vanilla. Add flour, pineapple with juice, baking soda and walnuts and mix well to combine.
Pour cake batter into a 9×13 inch baking pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 35 to 40 minutes.
To making frosting, cream together cream cheese and butter. Add vanilla, coconut extract, and powdered sugar and use an electric mixer to beat until frosting is smooth. Frost cake once it has cooled after baking. Add the coconut on top (optional).
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