At long last the sun is here and what nicer cake to have in the sunshine than a Coconut cake infused with Malibu and Pineapple. It’s moist and delicious and smells so good that you just can resist having a slice.
It’s a great looking cake and a real show stopper to impress your friends with.
You will need :
2 x 8″ sandwich cake tins greased and lined
Boozy Pina Colada Cake
At long last the sun is here and what nicer cake to have in the sunshine than a Coconut cake infused with Malibu and Pineapple.
6
servings30
minutes35
minutes370
kcalIngredients
8 oz Self Raising Flour
8 oz Caster Sugar
8 oz Butter
4 Eggs
4 oz Dessicated Coconut
- For the syrup
50 ml Water
25 ml Malibu
25 ml Pineapple Juice
3.5 oz Caster Sugar
- For the Icing and Toppings
250 g Butter
500 g Icing Sugar
1 small tin of Pineapple Chunks
9/10 Cherries
1 small bag of Desiccated Coconut
Directions
- Cream the butter and caster sugar together until creamy and then gradually add the beaten eggs.
- Stir in the flour and add the coconut.
- Divide the mixture between the two sandwich tins and place in the oven at 180 Degrees for about 30-35 minutes or until cooked
- Leave to cool
- To make the syrup put the water, Malibu, pineapple and caster sugar into a glass bowl and place over a pan of hot water and gradually heat until all the sugar has dissolved.
- Once the cakes are cool – cut the cakes so that they are flat and place one of the cakes on a serving plate.
- Poke some holes in the top of the cake with a fork and gradually spoon the syrup onto the top of the cake- waiting for the syrup to sink into the cake. Repeat this with the second cake.
- To make the buttercream mix together the butter and icing sugar until creamy and then cover the bottom cake with a generous helping of buttercream.
- Place a few pineapple chunks on the buttercream and then place the second cake on top and then cover the whole cake with buttercream.
- Sprinkle coconut over the top of the cake and then pat more coconut around the sides of the cake until covered.
- Top the cake with some pineapple chunks and some cherries and serve.
