Hawaiian Cake With Rum Cream Cheese Frosting

Recipe is from the Spice Islands website.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 9

Ingredients

• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄3 cup  mazola  corn oil
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon  spice islands 100% pure bourbon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon  spice islands ground ginger
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple (undrained)
• 1⁄2 cup  shredded coconut
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped  macadamia nuts

• Rum Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 3  tablespoons butter or 3  tablespoons margarine
• 2  cups powdered sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  spice islands 100% pure bourbon vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  rum extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Mix sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger and pineapple; mixing well. Fold in coconut and nuts.
3. Pour batter into a greased 9-inch square pan.
4. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Frost when cooled.
5. For frosting: beat cream cheese and butter together in medium bowl. Mix in remaining frosting ingredients and blend until frosting is desired spreading consistency.
6. Garnish with 1/4 cup toasted coconut and 1/4 cup macadamia nuts, if desired.