Hawaiian Cake With Rum Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup mazola corn oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon spice islands 100% pure bourbon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon spice islands ground ginger
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple (undrained)
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon spice islands 100% pure bourbon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon rum extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 mix sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl. add flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger and pineapple; mixing well. fold in coconut and nuts.
• 3 pour batter into a greased 9-inch square pan.
• 4 bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. cool on a wire rack. frost when cooled.
• 5 for frosting: beat cream cheese and butter together in medium bowl. mix in remaining frosting ingredients and blend until frosting is desired spreading consistency.
• 6 garnish with 1/4 cup toasted coconut and 1/4 cup macadamia nuts, if desired.