PINA COLADA TRIFLE Cake: 1 pkg. butter yellow cake mix (Duncan Hines) 1 c. sour cream 1/2 c. vegetable oil 1/2 c. light rum 1/4 c. sugar 1/4 c. water or coconut milk 4 eggs Place all ingredients except rum in mixing bowl and beat for 4 minutes. Pour into 3 (8-inch) cake pans which have been greased and floured. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool. Split to make 6 layers. Sprinkle split side with 1/2 cup light rum. Custard: 3 c. sour cream 2 (6 oz.) pkg. frozen fresh coconut or 2 c. fresh grated coconut 1 (7 oz.) can flaked coconut (reserving 1/4 c. for garnish, may be toasted) 2 1/2 c. sugar Mix ingredients together. Fruit: 1 (14 oz.) can crushed pineapple 1 Tbsp. cornstarch yellow food coloring Drain pineapple syrup. Add cornstarch in a saucepan. Add food color and cook on low heat until thickened. Remove from heat and add drained pineapple and cool. To layer, place cut side up of one cake layer in bottom of 8-inch trifle bowl. Spread with about a cup of custard. Over custard, spread a light layer of crushed pineapple mix- ture. Continue layering of cake and mixture until all is used up, ending with cut side down of top layer and only a layer of custard. Cover and store in refrigerator up to 5 days. 1 c. whipping cream 1 (7 oz.) can pineapple slices, well drained 1/4 c. powdered sugar maraschino cherries 1/4 c. reserved coconut To Serve: Whip cream until stiff. Add powdered sugar. Mound on top of trifle and garnish with pineapple slices, maraschino cherries and toasted coconut. Or substitute the above with Cool Whip and 1 teaspoon rum flavoring. Great make ahead recipe and will keep up to 5 days in refrigerator. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |