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Piña Colada Cake

From Rose's kitchen

A poke cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk and cream of coconut, topped with a pecan-and-coconut Cool Whip. From a handwritten card in Grandma Rose's collection.

2 hr total 15 min prep 35 min in the oven One 9x13 cake
Potluck

as written in Rose's hand

A poke cake in the truest sense. The whole trick is punching holes across the top while the cake is still hot, so the sweetened condensed milk and cream of coconut sink all the way through and pool at the bottom.

Rose kept this one for summer suppers and family reunions. It travels well in the pan it's baked in, covered with the lid or a piece of foil.

Ingredients

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Makes One 9x13 cake at full size

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Cake

Soak

Topping

How to make it

  1. Bake the cake in a long cake pan according to the box directions.
  2. While the cake is still hot, punch holes across the top with a fork or the handle of a wooden spoon.
  3. Mix the Eagle Brand milk and cream of coconut together. Pour over the cake while it is still hot so it soaks all the way down.
  4. Let the cake cool.
  5. Mix the Cool Whip with the coconut and pecans.
  6. Spread the topping over the cooled cake. Keep the pan covered in the icebox until you're ready to serve.

You'll also find in the tin box

This one lives in the cakes drawer of the recipe box, right next to 7 Up Sheet Cake. If a cousin's coming over on short notice and you need a whole meal from Rose's kitchen, the recipe box is where to start.

Rose kept this recipe with the ones the family expected at potluck time, so it'll show up in those seasonal collections whenever you're planning ahead.

Cooking by what's already on your shelf? Every ingredient across every card sits in the ingredient index, so you can start from the pantry and work backward to the recipe.

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Handwritten by Rose. Typed by the family. ← Back to cakes