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Pina Colada Cake

cake
"Regular or Dutch Oven"
From:
Nina Roberts
Time:
350° - 25-30 minutes
Ingredients
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 1 pkg. coconut cream instant pudding
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/3 tsp pineapple oil
  • 1 cup boiling water

  • Pina Colada Frosting:
  • 1 (16 oz.) tub of cool whip or fresh whipped cream
  • 1 pkg coconut cream instant pudding mix
  • 1 can crushed pineapple (drained)
  • shredded coconut
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Steps
  1. Mix flour, baking powder, salt and pudding. Set aside.
  2. In large bowl cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
  3. Beat in egg yolks one at a time. Add vanilla and pineapple oil.
  4. Mix in flour mixture and milk. Mix until smooth.
  5. Add boiling water. Mix thoroughly.
  6. Pour in greased 10" dutch oven. Bake 25-30 minutes. Cool in dutch oven 10-20 minutes.
  7. Using butter knife, go around edge of cake to loosen. Invert on cooling rack. Cool.
  8. Frost.
  10. Pina Colada Frosting:
  11. Empty cool whip or cream into large bowl. Add pudding and pineapple. Mix.
  12. Use between layers of cake and to frost. Top with shredded coconut.
Tips
You can also use 1 white cake mix, then add pudding mix, vanilla, milk, and pineapple oil.