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Coconut Bread

~ lindy

Coconut Bread

*2 cups Fresh Grated Coconut, I used Flesh of 1 Coconut, used food processor

*4 cups Flour, extra flour as needed but dough will be slightly sticky

*2 teaspoons Baking Powder

*1 and 1/2 cups Sugar

*1 and 1/2 cups Water

*Aluminum Foil

*Pam Cooking Spray

Bake in a preheated oven at 350*F. 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours

Instructions:

Mix/whisk together in a bowl flour and baking powder and sugar.

Then stir in the coconut and water, alternating 1/3 of each at a time.

Stir ingredients until it makes semi-sticky dough, adding extra flour as needed, mix and divide into 5 pieces and form dough into loaves.

Use 5 pieces of aluminum foil sprayed with cooking spray and add a loaf to the center of each piece of foil. Then fold foil around the bread loaves. If you ever made tinfoil dinners I wrap them like a tinfoil dinner. Place and bake the foil covered loaves on a 1/2 baking sheet/cookie sheet.

Recipe from Tahitian Coconut Bread from the Polynesian Cultural Center, Laie-Oahu-Hawaii

Enjoy!

Lindy

Pineapple Bundt Pound Cake

~ lindy

Pineapple Bundt Pound Cake

Preheat oven 350*F.

*Dried Pineapple Chunks, for topping/decoration on cake

*1 can 8 ounce Pineapple Tidbits, drained, chopped small and juices reserved

*1 box 16 ounce Pound Cake Mix

*2 Eggs, room temperature

*6 ounces canned pineapple juice using the above reserved pineapple juice, plus you might need extra from another can of pineapple juice or add water to get 6 ounces

*Bundt Pan, sprayed with cooking spray (Pam) butter/greased and floured

In a medium-large mixing bowl, using a hand mixer on medium-low speed, mix together the cake mix and pineapple juice. Add one egg at a time and mix together cake mixture just until incorporated, about 3 minutes. Stir in chopped pineapple bits.

Pour cake batter into prepared Bundt pan or 9 by 4 inch loaf pan.

Bake in the oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean. Cool cake about 10 minutes and remove from pan and drizzle on Glaze.

Syrup Glaze (Cake Soaking Syrup)

*1/4 cup Water

*1/2 cup Brown Sugar

*2 tablespoons Butter

In a sauce pan on medium-low heat, add the water brown sugar and butter. Stirring as needed and allowing the mixture to cook down until a slightly thick consistency. Allow to cool slightly and pour/drizzle slowly over the top of the slightly baked warm cake. Add dried pineapple chunks to the top of the cake as desired.

Recipe adapted from Sandra Lee Food Network

Enjoy!

Lindy