Pina Colada Coconut, Pineapple & Rum Layer Cake | Recipe and Decoration tutorial | Cupcake Jemma

The cake of the summer? I think so!! Or as Dane refers to it "a celebration of summer" 🥥🍍. This cake really is all of that and a little more - 4 layers of coconut sponge, drenched in a pineapple syrup, filled to the brim with rum swiss meringue buttercream & pineapple jam, finished with toasted coconut and pineapple flowers - whats not to love?! Don't forget to tag us in your snaps over on instagram and use the hashtag #cupcakejemma so we can see them!

Sponge:
330g Butter
135g Vegetable Oil
500g Caster Sugar
8 Eggs
100g Desiccated Coconut
400g Self-Raising Flour
6 tbsp Coconut Cream
1/2 tsp Vanilla
Pinch of Salt

Pineapple Jam:
600g Pineapple Chunks (Approx 3/4 Large Pineapple)
250g Water
420g Caster Sugar
1 Lime - Juice only

Pineapple Flowers:
1/4 Fresh Pineapple (use the same one as for the jam)

Rum Swiss Meringue Buttercream:
450g Caster Sugar
6 Egg Whites
600g Soft Unsalted Butter
1/4 tsp Salt
8-10 tbsp White Rum

To Decorate:
180g Desiccated Coconut

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