Recipe - Nannys Famous Coconut-Pineapple Cake

15 ounce Pineapple; crushed undrained
1 cup Butter; softened
3 cup Sugar
5 lg Eggs
One half cup Lemonlime soda
3 cup Cake flour; sifted
1 teaspoon Lemon extract
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

FILLING AND FROSTING
6 ounce Coconut (frozen flaked);
thawed

FILLING
2 cup Sugar
One fourth cup Cornstarch
1 cup Reserved; drained crushed
pineapple
1 cup Water

FROSTING
One half cup Butter; softened
3 ounce Cream cheese
16 ounce Powdered sugar; sifted
One fourth cup Pineapple juice reserved
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Grease bottom and sides of 3 9" round cakepans; line bottoms with wax
paper. Grease and flour wax paper. Drain pineapple, reserving Three fourths cup
juice. Remove One fourth cup reserved juice for Cream Cheese Frosting, and reserve
crushed pineapple for Pineapple Filling. Beat butter at medium speed with
an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add
eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Combine 1/2
cup reserved pineapple juice and soft drink. Add the flour to butter
mixture alternately with juice mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in extracts. Pour
into prepared cakepans. Bake at 350F for25 to 30 minutes. Remove from pans
immediately; cool on wire racks. Spread Three fourths cup Pineapple Filling between
cake layers and remaining filling on top of cake. Spread Cream Cheese
Frosting on sides of cake; pipe border around the top, if desired. Sprinkle
with coconut. Garnish, if desired. Makes 1 (3layer) cake.

PINEAPPLE FILLING Stir together sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan. Stir in
pineapple and 1 cup water. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, 15
minutes or until very thick. Cool. Makes 3 cups.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an
electric mixture until blended. Gradually add powdered sugar, juice, and
vanilla, mixing well. Makes 2 cups.

NOTES : This is Southern Living's Dessert of the Year for 1997

Recipe by: Southern Living Nov./97 pag 224

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #875 by Terry Pogue tpogue@idsonline.com on
Oct 29, 1997