Piña Colada Cake

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2013

We turn a classic tropical cocktail into an irresistible cake.

SERVES Makes one cake

TIME 1 hour, plus 4 hours chilling

Piña Colada Cake

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To turn a classic tropical cocktail into a dessert, we start with a filling made from fresh pineapple. We puree and cook the fruit, thickening it with ground tapioca to produce just the right consistency and flavoring it with—what else—rum....

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