Tropical White Cake w/ Pineapple filling and Malibu rum frosting

So this was for Father's Day. My dad's favorite cake is white cake with pineapple filling. I've learned a few things during this. 1, I seriously need to work on my decorating skills. 2, Malibu rum is my favorite ingredient. 3, I need to work on photography. Maybe take a class or something.



White Tropical Cake

2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 sticks butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla
2 Tbsp Malibu coconut rum
3/4 cup pina colada yogurt (or plain, but I think it gives it more flavor)
1 cup milk

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Beat your butter, in a large bowl or stand mixer, for about a minute. Add in your sugar into the butter and cream for a little while.
3. Add one egg into the mix at a time, beating for about 30 seconds in between eggs.
4. In a small bowl, combine your yogurt, rum, milk, and vanilla.
5. In another bowl, combine your flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
6. Alternate between adding dry and wet into the mixture. Mix until well blended.
7. Grease two 8'' pans and place a piece of parchment paper in the bottom of each. Divide the mixture between the two pans and shake them gently to even out (or gently spread the top with a spatula). Bake the pans in the middle of the oven for about 30-35 minutes.

Pineapple filling:
1 pineapple or 20 Oz of crushed pineapple
3 Tbsp flour
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
6 egg yolks
1 stick of butter or margarine

1. If you're using a whole pineapple, which is what I used, twist the top off, cut the top and bottom off, cut the outside off, and then cut the meat off around the core. Put chunks of pineapple into a food processor or chopper of sorts to crush the pineapple.
2. In a large sauce pan, mix your flour, sugar, pineapple, and egg yolks.
3. On medium heat, stir the mixture constantly for the next 5-10 minutes. Mine took about 8. The mixture will eventually start to thicken. Once it reaches a somewhat thickened state, take it off the heat and add slices of butter/margarine into the filling and stir. Set it to the side to cool.

Frosting:
2 sticks butter
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla
1 Tbsp Malibu Rum
1 Tbsp milk

1. Whip your butter together. Slowly add your powder sugar, adding one liquid at a time until you reach a consistency you like.


Construction:

Now, you don't have to do it this way, but this is how I did it. Once the cakes cooled a bit, I wrapped them in plastic wrap and stuck them in the freezer for about an hour. After, I placed one cake on the plate, top of the cake to the bottom. Build a 'dam' around the edge of the cake with some of your frosting using a pastry bag. Fill the middle with pineapple filling, after its cooled. Take your second cake and place it on top, bottom facing towards the filling (so both bottom parts of the cake will be facing one another). Frost cake as you wish. I decorated with maraschino cherries. Cut and enjoy! This cake was rather dense, but moist and tropically like.



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