Eggless Piña Colada Cake

Its been a while since I baked with Gayathri's Baking Eggless Group.  The August challenge was difficult and September challenge had too many steps. I couldn't get them right, so saving the recipe for later I decided to move on.. In October  Meena Thenappan of Chettinad Fiesta challenged us to bake this beautiful Pina Colada Cake.

According to me, the real deal of the challenge was to make an "eggless sponge cake" and then infuse it with the flavors of Pina Colada. While I have baked many eggless cakes before,  I hadn't yet tried a eggless sponge cake, so I took this challenge seriously. Initially I tried tweaking a couple of standard sponge cake recipes but that did not go too well. So finally I had to resort to a tried and tested recipe. I chose this eggless sponge cake recipe from My Diverse Kitchen, adapted the methods slightly and viola... I had a lovely moist eggless sponge cake in hand !

Once the cake was made impregnating it with the flavors of Pina Colada was an easy job. I simply sliced the cake in half, soaked each half in a coconut cream solution, sandwiched a pineapple-coconut layer between them, then slathering the cake generously with Cool Whip whipped cream, I sprinkled coconut powder on top and thats it... my Pina Colada Cake was ready to go... The final product was really delicious. I can easily imagine myself making this cake for special occasions. It is a lovely dessert that is sure to please everyone.

Now the recipe of my Eggless Pina Colada Cake...

Eggless Pina Colada Cake
Baking Time: 25 minutes                                                                                    Yields: 9 inch round cake
Ingredients for the sponge cake 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 tbsp cornflour 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 3/4 cups granulated sugar 3 tbsps unsalted butter 1/2 cup whole milk 1/3 cup minus 1 tbsp water 1 tbsp spiced rum 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice  for the soaking liquid  1 can cream of coconut, refrigerated overnight  4 tbsps icing sugar 1 tbsp cornflour 1 tbsp spiced rum for the pineapple-coconut layer 5 slices of canned pineapple  3 tbsps spiced rum 3 tbsps of the soaking liquid Cool Whip Whipped Topping* coconut powder* for the frosting Cool Whip Whipped Topping* coconut powder* * I did not measure the amount of Whipped Topping and coconut powder used.   -   Instructions  For the Eggless Sponge Cake  Grease a 9 inch round pan and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Sift all the dry ingredients except the sugar into a bowl and keep it aside. Put the milk and butter is a saucepan and stirring constantly heat it over medium heat until the butter melts. Switching off the heat, stir in the water, rum and granulated sugar in the milk-butter solution. Mix well until the sugar dissolves in the liquid. Then let the mixture rest till it has cooled down.  Gradually add the dry ingredients to the cooled down milk-butter-sugar mixture and beat the ingredients lightly till a smooth uniform batter is formed.  Now stir in the lemon juice and pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake it in the preheated oven for 22-25 minutes till a fork inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.  Let the cake cool slightly before proceeding ahead. Soaking the cake. To prepare the soaking liquid, pour the contents of the chilled cream of coconut in a mixing bowl and using a hand mixer beat it till it looks thick and creamy. Add powdered sugar and cornflour to it and whip again. Stir in the rum and let the whipped cream chill in the refrigerator till ready to soak the cake. Once the cake has cooled down slightly, slice it into halves and spoon the soaking liquid over the two halves. You will only need one-third or so of the soaking liquid for this. Save the rest and proceed to make the pineapple filling. For the pineapple filling,  Put the pineapple slices, spiced rum and soaking liquid in a saucepan and simmer it over medium heat most of the liquid has evaporated. Assembling the cake. Spread the pineapple filling over the lower half of the cake, top it with a generous spread of Cool Whip whipped cream, sprinkle coconut powder uniformly on top of the Cool Whip layer, then place the other half of the cake over it.   Now spread Cool Whip whipped cream on the surface of the cake, sprinkle coconut powder uniformly on top of the whipped cream, then transfer the assembled cake into the refrigerator and let the whipped cream set on the cake. 3 hours later, take it out from the refrigerator, cut a slice and enjoy !! -  References Tort Piña colada from Kwestia Smaku Eggless Sponge Cake recipe from My Diverse Kitchen Hot Milk Sponge Cake from kitchen flavors Coconut Cream recipe from Popsugar Fitness

Hope you'll try this recipe and enjoy it as much as we did. To see what the other members of Baking Eggless Group  have baked visit Gayathri's Cook Spot .

This awesome Pina Colada Cake is also my entry for this month's Spiced Rum Spiked Recipe Challenge by Carrie and Julie. Visit This Gal Cooks and  Frugal Foodie Mama  to find out what the others have made.

I shall be sharing this at the event : Dish it : Coconut and Sugar/Salt @ Nandoo's Kitchen, Bake Fest @ Cooks Joy 
and the following parties.

Monday : Mix it up Monday, The Scoop, Marvelous Mondays @ This Gal Cooks, 
Melt in your Mouth Monday, Inspiration Monday Party Sharing Monday, 
Inspire Me Monday, Clever Chicks Blog Hop,Maniac Monday Linky Party

Meatless Monday:Meatless Monday My Sweet and Savory

Tuesday : Totally Tasty Tuesday @ Mandy's Recipe Box, Tasteful Tuesday Party @ Nap Time Creations, 
Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home ,  Hand Made Tuesday @ Ladybug Blessings
Share it Link Party @ Winthrop Chronicles,  Tasty Tuesday @ Anyonita Nibbles,  Hearth and Soul blog Hop, 
In & Out of the Kitchen @ Feeding Big & More, Tuesday's Table @ Love in the Kitchen, 

Wednesday : What's Cooking Wednesday @ Buns in my Oven, Cast Party Wednesday @ Lady Behind the Curtain, 
Show and Share @ Semi Homemade Mom, Wine'd Down Wednesday, 
Wonderful Food Wednesdays at @ All She Cooks Wednesday, Whatsit@White Lights on Wednesday, 
Wednesday Extravaganza @ Hunger Little Girl, Create & Share @ The Trendy Tree House,
What I Whipped Up Wednesday @ Sugar & Dots Look, What I Made @ Creations by Kara

Thursday: Link it Up Thursday @ Seven Alive, Fantastic Thursday @ Three Little Chiefs, 
Thriving on Thursdays @ Domesblissity,  Full Plate Thursday @ Miz Helen's Country Cottage , 
 Freedom Friday @ My Turn,  Thursday's Treasures @ Food Done Light,Pin it Thursday @ Sweet Bella Roos

Friday : Foodie Friday @ Simple Living and Eating,  Friday Linky Party @ The Pin Junkie, 
Get Him Feed @ Anyonita Nibbles, Friday Favorite (DYI too) @ Simple Sweet Home,  
Foodie Friday @ Not Your Ordinary Recipes, Foodie Friday @ Rattlebridge Farm, 
Weekend Wonders @ The Thriftiness Miss, Friday Food Frenzy @ Mostly Food and Crafts, 
Weekend Potluck @ Sunflower Supper Club, The Weekend re-Treat @The Best Blog Recipes