piña colada cake
You might want to start rolling your eyes right now, you know, to get a head start before you hear what I’m about to say next: You know for a lazy weekend? I couldn’t find a decent piña colada . I know! Can you imagine having to suffer like this while on vacation? I mean, life is hard enough when your resort has a water slide with that deposits one mere feet from the swim-up bar; where you can cat-nap under your cabana while reading a book — with — any time being awake is just too exhausting to bear and wake up to gaze at the turquoise water meeting the impossibly blue sky until all of your thoughts file neatly into order. Obviously a watered-down piña colada from a piña colada mix is taking things just one step too far.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Coconut | 1/2 cup shredded (40g) | 283 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Pineapple | 1 cup chunks (165g) | 82 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Rum | 1/2 oz (15ml) | 32 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 cups (250 grams or 8 3/4 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick (113 grams or 4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup light (55 grams or 2 ounces) brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) dark rum
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup (237 ml) cream of coconut
- 1/2 cup (72 grams or 2 1/2 ounces) finely chopped fresh pineapple (or pineapple from a can, strained, juice reserved)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons rum (optional)
- 2 tablespoons pineapple juice (optional)
- 1 cup (120 grams or 4 ounces) powdered sugar
- Pinch of table or fine sea salt
- 1 1/2 to 3 tablespoons pineapple juice
- 2 tablespoons dark rum for sprinkling over cake (optional)