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Nanny's Pineapple Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Cake
2 Sticks Margarine
9 eggs (room temperature)
1 tbsp vanilla flavoring
1 12 oz can of evaporated milk
4 teacups sifted self rising flour
3 teacups sugar




Pineapple Filling
2 teacups sugar
3 egg whites
1 can crushed pineapple (drain and save juice)

Coconut Icing
2 teacups sugar
1/2 teacup water
3 beaten egg whites
2 teacups coconut
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:
Directions:
Melt 2 sticks (less 1 tbsp) margarine. Separate 3 eggs. Put 1/5 of margarine and 3 egg yolks into a teacup. Finish filling this teacup with cream. Mix and pour into a mixing bowl. Put 2 eggs and another 1/5 of margarine in the teacup. Finish filling with cream. Mix and pour into the mixing bowl. Repeat. Repeat (using rest of margarine). Discard any remaining evaporated milk. Add 1 tbsp of vanilla extract into the mixing bowl. (Save the 3 egg whites for the filling.) Add 4 c sifted self rising flour. Add 3 cups of sugar to the mixing bowl. Mix all ingredients together and bake in 5 cake pans. Bake at 325º approximately 15 minutes or until browned. Let layers cool.
Mix pineapple juice, sugar, and egg whites. Stir over low heat until bubbly. Add pineapple and heat until mixture comes to a bubbly boil over low heat. Put pineapple filling between layers on top of cake. If you want to make a coconut cake instead, then use this coconut icing recipe.
Coconut Icing. Use between layers and on top of cake.
Cook the sugar and water until it spins a thread. Slowly pour into beaten egg whites. Beat continually on high until mixture thickens. Add vanilla flavoring and coconut.


Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
10 Servings
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 Minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Every Thanksgiving and Christmas my grandmother (Nanny) would make a pineapple cake and coconut cake. The layers are the same for both cakes. Nanny put coconut icing on one cake and pineapple filling on the other cake. The recipe has been handed down for generations. I believe that my grandmother got this recipe from her mother who got it from her mother. They were from Germany. The teacup that they used for measuring was approximately 1 cup. Nanny would cook potato salad, chicken and dumplings, turnips, biscuits and cornbread to go with the cakes. It was truly a feast.

 

 

 

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