PINA COLADA CAKE AND FROSTING

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I LOVE pine colada anything! So when I saw this cake I couldn't resist making it. Pure heaven for a pina colada lover like me. I added it to my recipe collection under Special Desserts! Hope you pina colada lovers out there find it as delicious as I do!

Provided by Nana Lee

Categories     Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 1 cake, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 (18 1/4 ounce) box white cake mix
1 (3 1/2 ounce) package French vanilla instant pudding or 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant coconut pudding mix
4 ounces water
1/3 cup light rum
1/4 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
1 cup flaked coconut
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
1/3 cup light rum
1 (3 1/2 ounce) package French vanilla instant pudding or 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant coconut pudding mix
1 (8 ounce) container Cool Whip, thawed
1/2 cup coconut, to taste toasted* (optional)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • NOTE: For those of you who do not want to use the rum, especially in the frosting, please try using water with rum flavoring to your taste. Same for the cake.
  • Grease and flour a 13 x 9-inch pan or two round 8-inch layer cake pans.
  • CAKE.
  • Mix cake mix, pudding, water, rum and oil.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Stir in pineapple then fold in coconut.
  • Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Cool.
  • FROSTING.
  • Mix crushed pineapple, rum and vanilla instant pudding.
  • Beat until it thickens.
  • Fold in 1 container of Cool Whip.
  • Frost cake.
  • Sprinkle top with coconut or toasted coconut (optiional).
  • *To toast coconut:.
  • Spread coconut in shallow pan.
  • Bake at 350° for about 15 minutes, stirring frequently, until lightly browned.

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