Tropical White Chocolate Pound Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Chop four squares of white chocolate and melt the other four; set both aside. In a bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in extracts and the melted chocolate., Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Beat just until combined. , Grease a 10-in. fluted tube pan. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar. Pour a third of the batter into pan. Sprinkle with half of the chopped chocolate. Repeat. Pour remaining batter on top. , Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle semisweet and white chocolate over cake. Garnish with strawberries if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch bundt pan. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of white sugar in the bundt pan.
• Chop four squares of the white chocolate and melted 4 of the others. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and 2 cups of the sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in extracts and the melted white chocolate.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour cream. Beat just until combined.
• Pour 1/3 of the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with 1/2 of the chopped white chocolate. Repeat. Pour remaining batter on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 60 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Melt chocolate in the top of two double boilers or in bowls in the microwave. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool.
• Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan and let cool on a wire rack completely. Once cool place cake on a serving dish and drizzle with melted white and semisweet chocolate. Garnish with strawberries, if desired.

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking powder & salt; set aside.
• Mix sour cream & pineapple; set aside.
• Beat butter & sugar until light & fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Blend in melted chocolate & vanilla.
• Add flour mixture, alternately with sour cream mixture beating until well blended after each addition.
• Add coconut; mix well.
• Pour into greased & floured 10" tube pan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour 10 minutes or until tests done with toothpick.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes.
• Loosen from sides and and invert on rack; remove from pan.Cool completely and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• This can also be made in 9x5 loaf pans.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Spray a 10-cup tube pan with floured cooking spray and set aside (make sure the pan is coated well).
• Cream together the butter and cream cheese on low speed until mixed well. Slowly add the sugar. Beat until the mixture is light and fluffy at medium-high speed for 5 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed. (Mix from 15 to 30 seconds.) Slowly add flour. Once the flour is mixed in add the extracts. Beat the mixture on medium-low speed for about 30 seconds. Stop and scrape down the sides, beat another 30 seconds. TIP: do not overbeat, cake will be dry.
• Pour batter into the tube pan and distribute evenly. Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes. Test for doneness. Remove from over and let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes turn the cake out on a serving dish. Put the dish on a wire rack to complete cooling. One cake is cool, frost.
• Icing: Take the strained crushed pineapple, put in a small bowl, and with the back of a large spoon, press out as much juice as possible. Set aside.
• Cream together the cream cheese and butter. Add the crushed pineapple and extracts. Beat about a minute. Slowly add the confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until you reach the desired spreading consistency. You will most likely use the entire box. Beat until light and fluffy. Frost the pound cake on all sides, top and middle. Carefully press the coconut on the sides, and sprinkle on the top. Hint, put the cake dish on waxed paper so that the coconut that falls off can be easily collected.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Mix sour cream and pineapple; set aside. Beat butter and granulated sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in melted chocolate and vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream mixture, beating until well blended after each addition. Add coconut; mix well. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on wire rack. Loosen cake from side of pan with small knife or metal spatula. Invert cake onto rack; gently remove cake. Cool completely on wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter; lightly brush over one side of each cake slice. Place buttered side up in a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. pan. Broil 3-4 in. from the heat for 1-2 minutes or until golden brown. , In a large skillet, melt remaining butter; add fruit. Cook and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until heated through. Stir in honey; cook for 2 minutes. , Place two cake slices on each of six dessert plates. Top each with 1/2 cup fruit mixture; sprinkle with coconut. Garnish with pomegranate seeds if desired.

Steps:

• Spray loaf pan with cooking spray and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine cake mix, milk, bananas and eggs and mix well.
• Stir in coconut and pour into pan.
• Bake for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• NOTE: Very pretty topped with sliced kiwifruit, vanilla ice cream and pineapple or apricot preserves or orange marmalade.

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, combine evaporated milk and chocolate. Cook and stir over low heat until chocolate is melted. Cool to room temperature.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with chocolate mixture. Beat just until combined.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube or bundt pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack; cool completely.
• FOR ICING: In a heavy saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over low heat until blended and smooth, stirring often.
• Remove from the heat.
• Stir in the confectioners sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach desired consistency.
• Drizzle over cake.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325.
• Grease a 12-cup Bundt pan. Lightly dust with flour.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl until mixed well.
• Beat together butter and sugar in a second bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix together sour cream (or yogurt), pineapple, and lime rind in a small bowl.
• On low speed, beat flour mixture into butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the sour cream (yogurt) mixture, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
• Add coconut and vanilla extracts.
• Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in 325-degree oven for 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Transfer pan to wire rack and cool for 20 minutes.
• Remove from pan and let cool completely.
• Glaze:.
• Whisk together lime juice and confectioner's sugar in small bowl until good drizzling consistency.
• Drizzle over cake and garnish with desired toppings.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Microwave chocolate in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring after 1 min.; stir until completely melted.
• Add remaining ingredients. Beat with mixer until blended.
• Pour into greased and floured 12-inch fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake 1 hour 5 min. to 1 hour 15 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.