Currently baking from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter.
These were good. Not spectacular, but darn tasty. The cake was moist and tender, but I would have liked more of a pineapple flavor. The coconut streusel is the standout here. It added just the right crunch and kept the cake from being ordinary and a bit boring.
The streusel recipe combines toasted coconut with flour, powdered sugar, melted butter and orange and lemon peel. The cake is a basic sour cream coffee cake recipe, with crushed pineapple added. True to form, Walter throws in some extra steps, such as taking 5 minutes to add 2/3 of a cup of sugar to the butter while it is being beaten and whipping egg whites which get folded into the batter at the end. I also ended up dirtying just about every bowl I have, including my food processor (to finely chop the crushed pineapple), my stand mixer (to mix the batter) and my handheld mixer (to whip the egg whites).
My mother would so love this! It sounds very tropical. I want you to know I blame you for the baking fit I had this weekend. I made several dozen cookies and am totally exhausted. Your blog is inspiring but it forgets the bit about how tiring it can be!
I wish I could share my cookies with you. Maybe you’ll hire me one day! Ha!
Just wanted to say, softball is thursday and if you have any left just bring it right along and I will take care of it for you. Oh by the way, welcome home finally. I love pineapple and with the streusel it sounds really really good.