Pina Colada Blondie Cake
Adapted from All That's Left Are The Crumbs
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2 cups cake flour*
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1½ teaspoons baking powder
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3/4 teaspoon fine salt
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150g or 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
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1 cup packed light-brown sugar
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2 large eggs at room temperature
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1½ cups crushed pineapple, well drained (reserve the liquid)
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1 cup shredded coconut
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1/2 cup white chocolate chips
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2 tablespoons coconut liqueur or 1 teaspoon coconut essence
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¼ cup pineapple juice (from reserved liquid)
For coconut glaze
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3 cups icing or powdered sugar, sifted
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3 tablespoons coconut cream
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2 tablespoons coconut liqueur or 1 teaspoon coconut essence
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1 teaspoon hot water (if needed)
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½ cup sweetened flaked coconut, toasted
*to make 2 cups of cake flour, add four tablespoons of cornflour or cornstarch to a 2 cup measuring jug and fill to the 2 cup mark with plain all purpose flour
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 180C/350F and line the base and sides of a 20c/8 inch diameter springform tin. Whisk the cake flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Beat the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy and then add each egg one at a time beating until fully incorporated. Then add the pineapple, coconut, white chocolate, coconut liqueur and pineapple juice and mix until combined. Add the flour mixture and stir to combine and spoon into the prepared tin.
Step 2 - Bake for 55-60 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean. To toast the coconut, place it on a baking tray and bake it for 5 minutes in the oven once the cake is done. Cool both the cake and the coconut.
Step 3 - To make the glaze, mix the icing or powdered sugar, cream of coconut and coconut liqueur or coconut essence together. If too stiff, add the hot water. You want it thick enough to form and hold a drip. To create the drips on the side, spoon 3 tablespoons of the glaze into a piping bag and snip off the end. Pipe around the cake to create drips in evenish sort of intervals. Then using a spoon and an angled spatula, spoon some glaze on top and sprinkle with coconut flakes (do this before the glaze sets).