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Great recipe for Grandmas famous pineapple coconut cake. Every year growing up, my grandma would make me coconut cake for my birthday. She doesn't cook like she used to, so I made her favorite but added a little twist. Nicole McLaughlin, aka NicoleMcmom, shares her grandmother's famous recipe for easy coconut cake with a seven-minute cooked frosting.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have grandmas famous pineapple coconut cake using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Grandmas famous pineapple coconut cake:
- Take Duncan Hines coconut supreme cake mix
- Prepare eggs
- Prepare butter, melted
- Make ready water
- Get can of crushed pineapple (leave the juice)
- Make ready brown sugar
- Take cornstarch
- Prepare butter, softened
- Prepare powdered sugar
- Take milk
- Prepare coconut extract
- Prepare salt
- Prepare sweetened shredded coconut
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Instructions to make Grandmas famous pineapple coconut cake:
- Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour 3 9 inch cake pans
- In a stand mixer add cake mix, 1/2 cup melted butter and eggs. Mix for a minute on low and 3 minutes at medium speed. Batter should be thick and fluffy.
- Divide batter evenly between the 3 pans. Bake until top is golden and sides start to pull away from the pan, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely
- Add pineapple, brown sugar, and cornstarch to a saucepan. Cook over medium heat about 10 minutes until pineapple has thickened. It should be a little less thick than jam. Chill in fridge for an hour
- Add softened butter to a stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time. Add coconut extract, milk, and salt. Beat at high speed for 2 minutes
- Toast coconut in a dry skillet for about 10 minutes stirring often until golden brown
- To assemble, place the first layer of cake on a plate and trim so there is a flat surface. Spread half the pineapple filling. Repeat with a second layer of cake and the remaining filling, and finish with the last cake layer. Frost top and sides with coconut frosting.
- Add toasted coconut all over top and sides. Pipe frosting around the edges if desired
- Enjoy!
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