Tropical Pound Cake

Recipe courtesy Debra Scruggs, Toney, AL

Show: Ultimate Recipe ShowdownEpisode: Ultimate Recipe Showdown: Cakes

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Total Time:
5 hr 15 min
Prep
45 min
Inactive
3 hr 0 min
Cook
1 hr 30 min
Yield:
10 to 12 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

Cake:

  • Floured cooking spray
  • 3 stick butter
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 6 large eggs
  • 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour (recommended: White Lily)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons orange extract

Icing:

  • 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
  • 4 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 1 teaspoon orange extract
  • 1 box confectioners' sugar (more or less depending on desired frosting consistency)
  • 1 small can coconut

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

Spray a 10-cup tube pan with floured cooking spray and set aside (make sure the pan is coated well).

Cream together the butter and cream cheese on low speed until mixed well. Slowly add the sugar. Beat until the mixture is light and fluffy at medium-high speed for 5 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed. (Mix from 15 to 30 seconds.) Slowly add flour. Once the flour is mixed in add the extracts. Beat the mixture on medium-low speed for about 30 seconds. Stop and scrape down the sides, beat another 30 seconds. TIP: do not overbeat, cake will be dry.

Pour batter into the tube pan and distribute evenly. Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes. Test for doneness. Remove from over and let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes turn the cake out on a serving dish. Put the dish on a wire rack to complete cooling. One cake is cool, frost.

Icing: Take the strained crushed pineapple, put in a small bowl, and with the back of a large spoon, press out as much juice as possible. Set aside.

Cream together the cream cheese and butter. Add the crushed pineapple and extracts. Beat about a minute. Slowly add the confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until you reach the desired spreading consistency. You will most likely use the entire box. Beat until light and fluffy. Frost the pound cake on all sides, top and middle. Carefully press the coconut on the sides, and sprinkle on the top. Hint, put the cake dish on waxed paper so that the coconut that falls off can be easily collected.

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  • on August 26, 2011

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    does fondant work on this? I'm gonna try to make it tomorrow hopeful the fondant can work and this will be my first time for this cake and fondant!!! but it looks good

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  • on May 26, 2011

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    This cake is the talk of the town.

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  • on June 12, 2010

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    Julie a co-worker asked if I ever read the reviews on my cake. I told her that I had read them once, a long time ago. I'm so sorry that you had a hard time finding a small can of coconut. I user BAKERS Angel Flake coconut and I usually by a small can so that I don't waste any. Lately I've been buying it in the plastic bag so I end up having more than I need. I've tried cheaper brands but I prefer the Baker's. I hope that your cake turned out well. Like some of the others have indicated, it's good with or without the icing, or without the coconut. Happy Baking!!! Debra

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