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Hello Friends! Ok, so I have never, yes, NEVER made a homeade cake from scratch until this last week!!!!! It turned out to be so so so so yummy!!!! My husband ate almost the whole thing... ha ha ha! I got two pieces.. but they were exceptional! I halfways made this up and half ways am pretty sure someone else has already tried it! ha!!! Well, I like to think I made it up...even though I am more than likely wrong, I will still pretend I made it up, ha!!
ok so i took the yellow cake recipe from Better homes and gardens, but changed it just a little.
Cake:
Yellow Cake
Ingredients
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1-3/4 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon rum extract
1 tablespoon coconut extract
2 eggs
3/4 cups milk
1/2 cups pineapple juice, mixed with the milk to make it sour
1 box coconut cream pudding (jello brand)
directions
1. Grease and lightly flour two 8x1-1/2-inch or 9x1-1/2-inch round baking pans, set pan(s) aside. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl beat butter or margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until well combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each. Add dry mixture, including pudding and milk/juice combo alternately to beaten mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just till combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan(s).
3. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean. Cool layer cakes in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove layer cakes from pans. Cool thoroughly on racks. Just so you know, My cake took almost an hour for some reason, so allow possibly an hour for this to bake!
ok so i took the yellow cake recipe from Better homes and gardens, but changed it just a little.
Cake:
Yellow Cake
Ingredients
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1-3/4 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon rum extract
1 tablespoon coconut extract
2 eggs
3/4 cups milk
1/2 cups pineapple juice, mixed with the milk to make it sour
1 box coconut cream pudding (jello brand)
directions
1. Grease and lightly flour two 8x1-1/2-inch or 9x1-1/2-inch round baking pans, set pan(s) aside. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl beat butter or margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until well combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each. Add dry mixture, including pudding and milk/juice combo alternately to beaten mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just till combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan(s).
3. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean. Cool layer cakes in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove layer cakes from pans. Cool thoroughly on racks. Just so you know, My cake took almost an hour for some reason, so allow possibly an hour for this to bake!
Ok, so now is the fun part!!! The filling!!!
you need:
3/4 can pineapple tidbits, crushed or chopped by hand , just slightly ( I mashed them in the pan with a potatoe masher a little bit)
1/2-3/4 cup brownsugar
1 tablespoon rum extract
1 tablespoon coconut extract
white sugar to taste ( about a tablespoon or so)
1 tablespoon butter
dash of salt
combine all ingredients, bring to a rapid boil, turn heat down and simmer until fruit carmelizes and becomes opaque ( slightly see-thru) add more sugar if fruit is not getting a medium thick carmel consistancy. This will be the fruit filling layer between the cakes and needs to be thick enough to not run. after carmelly and clearish... set aside to let cool while you take out the cakes to cool. I immediately removed cakes from pans by flipping them over and let cool on a clean towel. This way they cool faster and are flat on both sides.
TO COMBINE CAKE
I admit i bought some cream cheese frosting.... it tatsed like crud! haha! Find a good cream cheese recipe and make your own. LOL! Anyways instead of frosting between your layers, use fruit instead of frosting, cover entire outside of layer with cream cheese frosting and top with a cute flower or similar decoration. ENJOY!!!
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