Piña Colada Cake

This Piña Colada Cake has a moist, fine crumbed pineapple cake and coconut cream cheese rum frosting and is topped with flaked coconut. These amazing flavors will take you on a tropical getaway!

This recipe has been updated with printable recipe card in 2026. I will keep the original commentary about playing with my little siblings who are long grown now. If you love this cake, make sure you check out my German Chocolate Cake and Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake!

 

 

 

 

I'm an early riser. Always have been. Not counting when I was 12 and thought it was cool to sleep in. Peer pressure? I don't know. I was weird.

The only other people around here that wake up in the morning of their own free will are Boots and Cookie. So the first few hours of my every day are usually spent with them. It starts out with, "Yammie! We're hungry! Make us cupcakes!"

For some reason they really like me. I don't know why.

I'm just kidding about making cupcakes for breakfast. I usually say no.

Anyways, after a while, they decide it's time to PLAY. 

 
Anyways, Cookie usually cuddles up in my lap and says, "Let's play fairies and princesses!"

Boots runs in wielding a mace and a sword, "NO. We're playing mutant superheros! What are your powers?"

"Oh oh!" Cookie pipes up, "My princess fairy powers are cupcakes, strawberries, rainbows, and flowers!"

"I'll just have the same as Cookie." I say.

"NO." says Boots, "You are a MUTANT fairy princess. You have to have cool powers too."

"Okay, whatever. I guess I'll take anti-gravity and ninja powers."

"GOOD. Now we have to fight."

He bashes me on the head with his foam mace for a while and then says, "Come on.... FIGHT ME."

Then he gets so annoyed at me that he turns into The Hulk and starts lifting chairs over his head and stuff.

"Boots. If you can't cool it, you're going to have to run around the house a few times to release your energy."

Meanwhile, Cookie has gotten bored and has lined up all the extracts (you know... vanilla, coconut, maple, rum, butter, etc.) on the ground and is playing house with them while she sings softly to herself.

Anyways, about this cake. I just have one thing to say: PIÑA COLADAS ROCK MY LIFE.

Life does not get better than a moist, fine-crumbed, pineapple cake with a fluffy cream cheese frosting loaded with coconut extract. Except an actual piña colada on the beach might be a little better. And these piña colada granola bars take a close third. 

Also, if you want it to be like a real piña colada, don't be afraid to add some rum into the cake while you're adding the pineapple and/or mix some into the frosting. I, being only 19, have difficulty acquiring such treasures as rum, but I'm sure it could only make it better. 

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