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Coconut Pineapple Cake
Serves 8
 
1 cup cake flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 room temperature eggs
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
6 tablespoons melted and cooled butter

20 ounces crushed pineapple, undrained
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon lemon juice

2/3 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons light rum

Coconut Buttercream
2 2/3 cups sweetened flaked coconut
 
Heat oven to 350 F. Butter two 8 inch square (2 inch deep) cake
pans. Sift flour with salt into small bowl. Heat eggs and sugar in
large metal bowl set over pot of simmering water, gently whisking
constantly till lukewarm. Remove bowl from heat and add vanilla.
Beat on medium high speed till thick, pale and tripled in volume,
5-10 minutes. Sift flour and salt mixture over eggs in 2 batches,
folding gently but thoroughly after each batch. Fold in melted
butter till combined. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans,
smoothing tops. Bake 15 minutes till toothpick inserted near center
comes out clean. Cool in pans on racks 5 minutes. Invert onto racks
to cool completely.

Stir pineapple, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice together in
saucepan till cornstarch is dissolved.  Bring to boil, stirring
constantly, then simmer, stirring, for 3 minutes. Cool completely,
stirring occasionally.

Bring water and sugar to boil, stirring till sugar is dissolved.
Remove from heat. Stir in rum. Transfer to small bowl and chill
till ready to use.

Trim cake edges if necessary and cut each horizontally in half with
long serrated knife to form 4 layers. Put 1 layer, cut side up, on
serving plate. Brush with some syrup, spread half of filling over
syrup. Top with second cake layer and brush with syrup. Spread with
2/3 cup buttercream. Top with third cake layer. Brush with syrup.
Spread with remaining filling. Top with fourth layer, cut side
down, and brush with remaining syrup. Frost top and sides of cake
with remaining buttercream. Coat with coconut.

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