Perfect Coconut Cake – Singh from the Hearth

Ingredients

• 3 cups cake flour
• ⅔ cup coconut milk powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 10 tbsp butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups cane sugar, granulated
• 6 egg whites (
• 1 ½ cups whole milk
• 2.2 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 drops coconut flavor
• 20 oz crushed pineapple (canned)
• ⅔ cup cane sugar, granulated
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 8 tbsp butter, softened
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• ¾ tsp vanilla extract
• ⅓ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp coconut flavor
• ¼ cup coconut milk powder
• 2 cups confectioner sugar