Part I Bacardi Pineapple Cake With White Chocolate And Caramel Buttercream Recipes

MY PINEAPPLE BACARDI RUM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour (or spray) 12-cup Bundt pan. Add the melted butter, nuts, brown sugar, 1/2 of juice from crushed pineapple, and as much of the pineapple as desired (I use about half of the can) to the prepared pan. It will appear to be a lot in the pan, but that's normal. The finished cake will look nice!
• 2. Combine cake mix, pudding, eggs, milk, oil, 1/2 cup of rum, half can of crushed pineapple and beat for 2 minutes on high with mixer. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour. (Check at 50 minutes--if toothpick comes out clean--you're done--depends on your oven).
• 3. Prepare glaze--Add remaining 1/2 of pineapple juice, powered sugar, 1 cup sugar, remaining 1/2 cup rum, and 1/2 stick melted butter to sauce pan and heat on. It's always good to have a little extra pineapple juice to get right flavor. This glaze will be very thin, but will absorb. Any extra that settles around the cake will be fine and will soak into any fruit you use to decorate the outside. You'll know when you taste it.
• 4. Let cool 5 minutes and invert to serving plate. Let rest 10 minutes. Poke holes using toothpick and drizzle glaze slowly to ensure all is absorbed all over the cake. Garnish with frozen sugared raspberries and mint leaves for a special Holiday look or you can use half pineapple rings to circle around the cake.

CARAMEL PINEAPPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine egg substitute and pineapple; mix well. Add the next seven ingredients and mix well. Spread into a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan that has been coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until golden brown. For sauce, combine caramel topping and pineapple juice in a saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat just until bubbly Cool slightly. Serve warm over cake.

CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH SALTED CARAMEL AND WHITE CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• Preheat a convection oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk the vinegar into the milk in a medium bowl and set it aside to curdle for 5 minutes.
• Add the granulated sugar, oil and vanilla to the milk mixture and beat by hand with a whisk until foamy.
• Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 2 batches, beating with an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment until no lumps.
• Grease three 6-inch cake pans with nonstick cooking spray. Divide the batter among them and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, about 20 minutes
• Let cool slightly, then remove the cakes from the pans. Cool the cakes in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Soak the cake rounds with Coffee Simple Syrup by brushing about 1/3 cup onto each layer as you build the cake. To build: Spread the White Chocolate Buttercream on one soaked cake round, then add a heavy drizzle of Caramel Sauce. Add a second layer and repeat. Add the last layer and frost the whole cake with White Chocolate Buttercream.
• Add the sugar to a small saucepan fitted with a lid. Pour in the coffee and stir. Bring the mixture to a rolling boil over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar completely dissolves. Turn off the heat. Cover immediately and let cool for 15 minutes.
• Put the white chocolate chips in a metal bowl. Bring the granulated sugar and 3 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan. Reduce the heat. Mix the cornstarch with 1 cup of water in a small bowl to combine. Stir it into the sugar mixture. Bring to a boil. Pour the sugar mixture over the white chocolate. Stir by hand with a whisk to combine. As mixture cools, stir 2 more times over the next 40 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
• Transfer to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, add the butter and vanilla and mix until light and fluffy.
• Combine the light brown sugar, butter, evaporated milk, vanilla and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until thickened.

BACARDI PINA COLADA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour 2 9-inch layer pans.
• Blend cake mix (dry), pudding (dry), eggs, water, rum, and oil in large mixer bowl on low speed, constantly scraping bowl, until moistened, about 1/2 minute.
• Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl frequently, 3 minutes.
• Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bak 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Cool 15 minutes.
• Remove pans; cool completely.
• Fill and frost layer cake.
• Sprinkle with coconut.
• Refrigerate cake (and any leftover cake).
• FROSTING: Combine crushed pineapple in juice, rum, and pudding; beat till well blended.
• Fold in whipped topping.

PART II: BACARDI PINEAPPLE CAKE WITH WHITE CHOLOLATE AND CARAMEL BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• For the caramel sauce: Melt butter and brown sugar and boil for 2 minutes, then add the milk. Let the mixture come to a boil again, then stir in vanilla. Let sit until room temperature. Stir in confectioner's sugar. For the buttercream frosting base: Melt the white chocolate pieces in double boiler or microwave oven until completely smooth. Set aside. Combine butter and shortening in a mixer and then add sugar alternately with the cream and rum and vanilla. Stir in the salt, then add the melted white chocolate. Add the caramel sauce to the buttercream and mix well. To assemble the cake: Split the two layers, horizontally, with a serrated knife. Brush each layer liberally with the pineapple rum syrup, using a pastry or BBQ basting brush. Spread the bottom layer with one third of the pineapple filling. Top with the second layer, brush with more syrup (if there is any left), then spread with one third of the pineapple filling. Top with the third layer, brush with more syrup, top with remaining filling. Add the last layer then frost assembled cake with the white chocolate caramel buttercream frosting, making decorative swirls on trop. Garnish with melted white chocolate. Per serving based on 12 servings: 855 cal.; 4 g pro.; 113 g carb.; 40 g fat (22 sat., 12 monounsat., 5 polyunsat., 1 other); 108 mg chol.; 377 mg sod.; 1 g fiber; 95 g sugar; 41 percent calories from fat.

PART I: BACARDI PINEAPPLE CAKE WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE AND CARAMEL BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• To prepare cake: Mix flour, graham crumbs, baking powder, and salt; set aside. Cream sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add half of the flour mixture then half of the milk and rum. Add vanilla. Mix until blended; add remaining flour, milk and rum, and beat until smooth. The batter will be thick. Spread batter in two greased and floured 8-inch layer cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched near center. For the pineapple rum syrup: In a 1-cup measuring cup, combine rum, hazelnut or vanilla syrup and reserved pineapple juice (from the crushed pineapple used in the pineapple filling). Set aside. For the pineapple filling: In a small saucepan, over medium to medium-low heat, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 tablespoon butter and 1 1/2 cups drained crushed pineapple (reserving juice for rum syrup), dash salt. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick and clear. Cool before using. For instructions for caramel sauce, buttercream frosting base and cake assembly, see PART II.