Make A Pina Colada Cake

Try this rich and tasty dessert sure to be a hit.

Instructions

1. Prepare the frosting. Whip heavy cream until it thickens to the consistency of cake batter. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring. Whip until soft peaks form. Add one cup confectionary sugar. Whip until stiff peaks start to form. Taste. If you would like a sweeter frosting, add confectionary sugar to taste. Continue whipping until stiff peaks form. Put in refrigerator.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare cake mix as directed, substituting rum for the water. Fold in the pineapple, bannana and about 3/4 cup of coconut. Pour into pans and bake as directed. Cool cakes on wire racks.

3. Slice the rounded tops off the layers. Slice each layer in half, horizontally. You should now have four layers. Cut a round hole out of the center of two of the layers, leaving a border of about three inches. These will be the two middle layers, and will hold the ice cream. Put one of the whole layers on the serving plate. Frost the sides with the frosting you made in Step 1. Frost about three inches into the center. Set one of the layers with the center cut out on top of this. Frost the sides and the top of the cake border you created when you cut the hole out of the center. Add the second layer you cut a hole in. Frost the sides and the top of this layer, also.

4. Carefully scoop out the ice cream in small scoop, and pack into the center of the cake. If the ice cream is still to hard to work with, you can let it soften some more. Pack the hole in the center with ice cream. Add the top layer and frost the sides and the entire top layer.

5. For this step you can either use the raw coconut, or you can toast it. I've used it both ways, and both ways are good. Sprinkle the coconut all over the top and sides of the cake. Arrange cherries and pineapple slices on the top of the cake. You will need to keep this cake in the freezer. Using a sponge cake mix keeps the cake from "really" freezing, but will keep the ice cream hard. You will need to freeze for approximately two hours before you serve this, so the ice cream has a chance to harden up again. This can make many servings, as the cake is very rich. If you are a cake and ice cream freak, it may only make one serving.

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