Coconut Pineapple Cake

Ingredients

• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 20-oz can crushed pineapple, including juice
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 ½ cups fresh coconut
• 3 tablespoons light rum
• ²/₃ cup water
• + 7 more ingredients
• • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 cup cake flour (not self-rising)
  • 6 large eggs

Preheat oven to 350°F and butter 2 (8-inch) square cake pans (2 inches deep). Sift flour with salt into a bowl. Heat eggs and sugar in large metal bowl set over a pot of simmering water, gently whisking constantly, until lukewarm. Remove bowl from heat and add vanilla, then beat with an electric ...

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