INGREDIENTS
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Filling:
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•½ cup sugar
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•3 tablespoons cornstarch
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•¼ teaspoon salt
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•1, 20-ounce can crushed pineapple in juice
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•2 tablespoon unsalted butter
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Cake:
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•2¾ cups sifted cake flour
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•1 tablespoon plus ¼ teaspoon baking powder
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•½ teaspoon salt
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•5 large egg whites, at room temperature
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•1¼ cups 100% unsweetened coconut milk (not sweetened cream of coconut)
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•13 tablespoons (1 stick plus 5 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into pieces
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•1¼ cups sugar
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•1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
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•Italian meringue buttercream, vanilla variation
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•3 cups sweetened long-shred coconut
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