Pina Colada Cake

Ingredients

190 gr sifted cake flour
100 gr sugar
40 gr baking powder
1 gr salt
4 egg yolks
120 ml corn oil
120 ml water
8 gr vanilla
6 egg whites
60 ml pineapple juice
60 ml sweetened coconut cream
45 gr dark rum
375 gr powdered sugar
85 gr butter
60 ml whipping cream
1 egg
3 gr coconut
65 gr pineapple
38 gr coconut

Instructions

Note: The sweetened coconut cream is the canned type. For Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 23 cm round cake pans. Line with parchment paper. Sift together flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Whisk yolks, oil, water and vanilla in large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining half cup sugar and continue beating until stiff but not dry. Fold dry ingredients into yolk mixture. Gently fold in beaten whites. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake until lightly golden and tops spring back when touched, about 30 minutes. Invert cakes onto racks and cool. Mix pineapple juice, coconut cream and rum in small bowl. Brush tops of cakes with juice mixture. For Frosting: Using electric mixer, beat powdered sugar, butter, cream, egg, vanilla and coconut extract in large bowl until smooth and creamy. Transfer 1 cup frosting to small bowl. Stir in crushed pineapple. Add rum to remaining frosting in large bowl. Set 1 cake layer on plate. Spread with pineapple frosting. Top with second cake layer smooth side up. Frost top and sides of cake with as much of remaining frosting as desired. Sprinkle top of cake with coconut. From "Bon Appetit" magazine, date unknown.