Pineapple Coconut Rum Cake

Hello There!

New week, new recipe!

As you may recall, last week, in my Plantain Cups article, I announced I will be posting new recipes every week during July and August.

This week recipe is: Pineapple Coconut Rum Cake!

*Pfeww* This was a hard one! Not the recipe per se, but the shooting process: I had to shoot this Pineapple Coconut Rum Cake three times in order to get the pictures I wanted and… I still didn’t 😅

This is clearly a case of « I will never get it right », so I decided to post it anyways.

Who doesn’t love upside down cakes? Especially pineapple ones? I decided to add rum, coconut flakes and coconut milk to give it a Caribbean feeling and, oh boy, it was good!

Think of it as cross between Jamaican Upside-down Cake and Bahamian Coconut Rum Cake.

Perfect for breakfast with coffee or tea, dessert with ice cream or even as a snack, you can eat it both warm or room temperature.

I would suggest eating it in the following two days to preserve and enjoy the moist texture, but this cake usually doesn’t last that long anyways 😁

Well, without further ado, here’s the recipe. Scroll down for video instructions.

Bon appétit!

Pineapple Coconut Rum Cake

Recipe by laviebamiCourse: DESSERTS, RECIPES
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes

Ingredients

  • 50g Butter (room-temperature, unsweetened)

  • 50g Sugar

  • 400g Pineapple slices (Canned)

  • 125g Flour

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking powder

  • 1 Pinch salt

  • 50g Shredded coconut (unsweetened)

  • 65g Butter (room-temperature, unsweetened)

  • 80g Sugar

  • 2 Eggs

  • 1/2 tablespoon Vanilla extract

  • 70g Pineapple juice (from canned slices)

  • 50g Coconut milk

  • 2 tablespoons Rum

Directions

  • Preheat oven at 180°.
  • In a saucepan, left butter on medium. Stir in sugar until dissolved.
  • Pour the butter-sugar mix into the baking pan.
  • Place the pineapple slices in the pan.
  • In a large bowl, add in flour, baking powder, salt, coconut flakes. Mix and set aside.
  • In another bowl, cream together butter , sugar and egg.
  • In a small bowl, add in pineapple juice, coconut milk, rum and vanilla extract.
  • Pour in, alternatively, pineapple juice mix and flour mix into the butter mix. Do not over-mix.
  • Pour the batter over the pineapple slices.
  • Place some aluminum foil around the bottom of the pan.
  • Bake for 45 minutes to 55 minutes, until a knife inserted in the cake comes out clean.
  • Let it cool down for 10 minutes.
  • Remove the sides, place a plate over the pan and flip them over. Let it sit 5 minutes.
  • Remove the bottom of the pan.

Recipe Video

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