California Pound Cake
Ingredients
Pound Cake
- 3/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 eggs
- 4 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon rum extract
- Grated rind of 1 lemon
- 1 (16 ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice, drained, reserve 1/4 cup juice
- 1 1/4 cups mashed ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup pitted dates, chopped
Crunchy Topping
- 1 cup plantain chips, crushed
- 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Pound Cake: Place the coconut in a shallow pan and bake 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally,
or until golden.
- In a large non-reactive bowl, with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream
sugar and butter about 1 minute or until well blended.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- By hand, blend in flour, soda, sour cream, vanilla extract,
rum extract, lemon rind and 1/4 cup reserved pineapple juice. Mix well.
- Blend in drained pineapple, mashed bananas and dates. (The mixture will be fairly thick.)
- Crunchy Topping: In a small bowl, blend all topping ingredients together.
- Spoon cake batter into a lightly greased and floured 8-inch Bundt pan; sprinkle
topping mixture over batter and bake 1 hour and 50 minutes or until a wooden pick
inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan on a wire rack.
- Remove from pan and slice.
Yield: 10 to 12 servings
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