Pina Colada Trifle
This is a great make ahead recipe, and it will keep up to 5 days in the refrigerator.
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 (18.25 ounce) box butter yellow cake mix*
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup light rum
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup water or coconut milk
- 4 eggs
Custard
- 3 cups sour cream
- 2 (6 ounce) packages frozen fresh coconut or 2 cups fresh grated coconut
- 1 (7 ounce) can flaked coconut (reserving 1/4 cup for garnish - may be toasted)
- 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
Fruit
- 1 (14 ounce) can crushed pineapple
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- Yellow food coloring
For serving
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 (7 ounce) can pineapple slices, well drained
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- Maraschino cherries
- 1/4 cup reserved coconut
Instructions
Cake
- 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 rum.
Custard
- Mix ingredients together.
Fruit
- Drain pineapple syrup. Put cornstarch into 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 an 8 inch trifle bowl.
- Spread with about a cup of custard.
- Over custard, spread a light layer of crushed pineapple mixture.
- Continue layering 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 for up to 5 days.
For serving
- Whip cream until stiff.
- Add confectioners' 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.
Notes
* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.
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