{"id":5842,"date":"2025-09-05T12:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/?p=5842"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:12:27","slug":"pina-colada-pound-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/pina-colada-pound-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Pi\u00f1a Colada Pound Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<p>For the Cake:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>4 large eggs, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>2 \u00bd cups (310 g) all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup (120 ml) coconut milk (or whole milk)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup (120 ml) crushed pineapple, well-drained<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup (45 g) shredded sweetened coconut<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons rum (optional, for authentic pi\u00f1a colada flavor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the Glaze:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>2\u20133 tablespoons pineapple juice (from drained pineapple)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon coconut extract (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Garnish (optional):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toasted coconut flakes<\/li>\n<li>Pineapple slices or chunks<\/li>\n<li>Maraschino cherries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat Oven: Set to 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C). Grease and flour a bundt pan or loaf pan.<\/li>\n<li>Cream Butter &amp; Sugar: In a large bowl, beat the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 3\u20134 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Add Eggs: Mix in eggs one at a time, beating well after each.<\/li>\n<li>Combine Dry Ingredients: In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Mix Wet Ingredients: In a small bowl, stir together coconut milk, vanilla, coconut extract, and rum (if using).<\/li>\n<li>Assemble Batter:\n<ul>\n<li>Add the flour mixture and coconut milk mixture alternately into the butter mixture, starting and ending with flour.<\/li>\n<li>Gently fold in crushed pineapple and shredded coconut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Bake: Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 55\u201365 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li>Cool: Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.<\/li>\n<li>Glaze: Mix powdered sugar with pineapple juice until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish: Sprinkle with toasted coconut, and decorate with pineapple chunks and cherries if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients For the Cake: 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, softened 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar 4 large eggs,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Pi\u00f1a Colada Pound Cake - Grandma Baking Recipes","description":"Ingredients For the Cake: 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, softened 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar 4 large eggs, room temperature 2 \u00bd cups (310 g) all-purpose fl"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5844,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842\/revisions\/5844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}