{"id":453,"date":"2020-04-20T01:17:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T05:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/?p=453"},"modified":"2020-11-03T01:35:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T05:35:26","slug":"hawaiian-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/20\/hawaiian-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I asked A what kind of cake he would like for his birthday and he said &#8220;Hawaiian themed&#8221;, I knew it had to have pineapple and coconut in it! There weren&#8217;t too many different options for &#8216;Hawaiian&#8217; cakes online, so I found a couple similar ones and tweaked it to make this glorious, jiggly,pi\u00f1a colada-tasting tropical cake.<\/p>\n<p>It is simple to make and tastes better the next day after the cake has soaked up the pineapple juice! When you&#8217;re in a pandemic and can&#8217;t travel to Hawaii&#8230;*sigh* this will have to do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredients\">\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">1 yellow cake mix<\/li>\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">15 oz crushed pineapple (not drained)<\/li>\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">8 oz cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">3 oz instant vanilla pudding mix<\/li>\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">2 cups milk 2% or whole<\/li>\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">12 oz whipped topping (Cool Whip)<\/li>\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">1 cup sweetened coconut flakes, dry toasted in a pan<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup crushed Macadamia nuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bake yellow cake mix according to package directions, either in a greased round pan (or x 2, to make a double-decker layered cake like in the picture) or in a greased 9 x 13 baking pan.<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 350\u00b0 for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Leave to cool completely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Assemble cake:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large bowl, combine milk and pudding mixes; beat in cream cheese until smooth with mixer or electric beater until blended well and thickened.<\/li>\n<li>(Optional, if you want to try it mixed) Fold in whipped topping.<\/li>\n<li>Poke holes evenly in the top of the cake with the round handle end of a wooden spoon. Spread crushed pineapple evenly over the cake.<\/li>\n<li>Spread pudding mixture over pineapple, and then top with coconut and macadamia nuts.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat for layers if making double-decker layered cake, but beware it is slippery and the cake gets so heavy the middle layer will likely just be squeezed out! It&#8217;s still delicious though.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I asked A what kind of cake he would like for his birthday and he said &#8220;Hawaiian themed&#8221;, I knew it had to have pineapple and coconut in it! There weren&#8217;t too many different options for &#8216;Hawaiian&#8217; cakes online, so I found a couple similar ones and tweaked it to make this glorious, jiggly,pi\u00f1a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dessert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456,"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hungrychooi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}