Virtually Heaven Cake is a fluffy yellow cake with a pineapple jam filling and frosted with a cream cheese and whipped topping combination. Lastly the cake it topped with toasted coconut and pecans. It’s a candy (however not overly candy) deal with that’s excellent to carry to a household dinner or a potluck. It’s fruity and enjoyable!
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Virtually Heaven Cake
If you happen to’re on the lookout for a fruity and brilliant cake to carry to a dinner or potluck it is a enjoyable choice! Virtually Heaven Cake has flavors from pineapple and coconut and lemon…it virtually jogs my memory that spring it coming quickly 🤞.
It is a poke cake, which means {that a} baked cake is poked with holes after which a filling seeps in. The filling is a selfmade pineapple jam made within the Instantaneous Pot. The runny jam seeps into the holes within the cake, infusing it with taste and moisture. This cake will get higher should you can let it sit for some time. I discovered that 24 hours later tasted higher than recent. I counsel anytime between 8-24 hours.
You will get inventive with the flavour of cake you employ. I used yellow cake combine however once I make this once more I’ll attempt a lemon or coconut cake combine as a substitute!
After I was making this cake I had flashbacks to when Greg and I had been courting. His roommate would at all times bake a plain yellow cake combine and simply eat it all through the day for his breakfast, lunch and dinner. He was a match man and searching again I’ve to chortle. Solely a 20-something 12 months outdated would get away with consuming cake for many days of the week.
Substances/Substitution Concepts
- Contemporary pineapple–recent is greatest however it’s also possible to use a 20 ounce can of pineapple (crushed, chunks or tidbits)
- Sugar
- Lemon
- Boxed cake combine–use a yellow, white, coconut, pineapple or lemon cake combine. You’ll additionally want the substances listed on the field to make the cake (usually eggs, oil and water)
- Cream cheese
- Cool Whip
- Pecans
- Coconut
Steps
Add the pineapple, sugar and lemon juice into Instantaneous Pot and stir. Put aside the zest for later. Let the pot sit for five minutes. Cowl Instantaneous Pot and safe the lid. Make certain valve is about to sealing. Set the handbook/stress cook dinner button to five minutes. When time is up transfer valve to venting and take away the lid. Use a potato masher to mash the pineapple. Put aside to let it cool.Â
Observe the instructions on the cake combine field and bake the cake.Â
Whereas cake is baking put together the frosting. Use a hand mixer to whip the cream cheese. Fold within the cool whip and lemon zest. Put aside.
Toast the coconut by preheating the oven to 325ºF. Place coconut evenly on a baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper. Put the baking sheet within the oven, on the center rack, and bake for 3 minutes, or till a lot of the coconut is golden brown.
When the cake is finished pierce the cake throughout with a picket skewer or a fork.
Pour the pineapple combination evenly excessive of the cake. Gently unfold with a spoon. Let the cake sit till it has cooled.Â
Unfold the frosting excessive of the cake with a rubber scraper. Sprinkle the cake with pecans and toasted coconut.Â
Minimize and serve. This cake is even higher the following day when the pineapple has had time to soak into the cake extra!
Notes/Ideas
- Make certain the holes are evenly spaced and go right through the cake. I want to make use of a picket skewer however will use a fork if I don’t have a skewer available.
- You should utilize barely sweetened whipped cream within the place of Cool Whip.
- This cake is even higher the following day when the pineapple has had time to soak into the cake extra!
- I used my 3 quart Instantaneous Pot*. It’s also possible to make this in a 6 or 8 quart pot.
- Retailer leftovers in an hermetic container* (or cowl the pan tightly with plastic wrap) within the fridge for as much as 5 days or within the freezer for as much as 3 months.
- Different recipes you can also make with the opposite half of the brick of cream cheese are Southern Hen Casserole or Instantaneous Pot Fancy Potatoes.
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Virtually Heaven Cake
Yield: 12 servings 1x
Description
Virtually Heaven Cake is a fluffy yellow cake with a pineapple jam filling and frosted with a cream cheese and whipped topping combination. Lastly the cake it topped with toasted coconut and pecans. It’s a candy (not overly candy) deal with that’s excellent to carry to a household dinner or a potluck. It’s fruity and enjoyable!
Substances
Scale
For the pineapple layer:
For the cake:Â
For the frosting:
Directions
- Add the pineapple, sugar and lemon juice into Instantaneous Pot and stir. Put aside the zest for later. Let sit for five minutes.Â
- Cowl Instantaneous Pot and safe the lid. Make certain valve is about to sealing. Set the handbook/stress cook dinner button to five minutes. When time is up transfer valve to venting and take away the lid.
- Use a potato masher to mash the pineapple or pulse in a meals processor or blender. Put aside to let it cool.Â
- Observe the instructions on the cake combine field and bake the cake.Â
- Whereas cake is baking put together the frosting. Use a hand mixer to whip the cream cheese. Fold within the cool whip and lemon zest. Put aside.
- Toast the coconut by preheating the oven to 325ºF. Place coconut evenly on a baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper. Put the baking sheet within the oven, on the center rack, and bake for 3 minutes, or till a lot of the coconut is golden brown.
- When the cake is finished pierce the cake throughout with a picket skewer or a fork. Pour the pineapple combination evenly excessive of the cake. Gently unfold with a spoon. Let the cake sit till it has cooled.Â
- Unfold the frosting excessive of the cake with a rubber scraper. Sprinkle the cake with pecans and toasted coconut.Â
- Refrigerate till able to serve. This cake will get higher should you can let it sit for a minimum of a pair hours and as much as 24 hours. Slice and serve.Â
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