Karen's Luau Pineapple Cake Roll

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 (20 ounce) cans crushed pineapple
• 1 cup light brown sugar (firmly packed)
• 1/3 cup flaked coconut
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1/16 teaspoon clove
• 4 eggs (separated)
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour (sifted)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• powdered sugar (garnish)
• 3/4 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup crushed pineapple
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 drain pineapple and reserve 3/4 cup of juice and 1/2 cup pineapple for topping.
• 3 in a med. mixing bowl combine remaining pineapple,brown sugar,coconut,nuts,1 tsp.vanilla,cinnamon,ginger and cloves and mix well.
• 4 spread in the bottom of a 15 x 10 jelly roll pan and set aside.
• 5 in a med. mixing bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
• 6 gradually add 1/3 cup sugar and beat until stiff but not dry and set aside.
• 7 in a lg. mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and pale yellow.
• 8 gradually add 1/3 cup sugar and 1/2 vanilla.
• 9 gently fold egg whites into egg yolk mixture.
• 10 sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• 11 gently fold flour mixture into egg mixture.
• 12 spread cake batter evenly over pineappple mixture in pan.
• 13 bake in oven preheated to 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
• 14 loosen cake around edges and invert on flour sack towel sprinkled with powdered sugar and let stand 3-4 minutes.
• 15 roll in jelly roll fashion and let cool.
• 16 garnish with pineapple topping.
• 17 pineapple topping:.
• 18 in small sauce pan, combine pineapple juice with sugar and cornstarch and mix well.
• 19 cook over med. heat, stirring constantly, until clear and thickened.
• 20 remove for heat,stir in pineapple and cool.
• 21 spread on top of cake roll and sprinkle with coconut.