INGREDIENTS
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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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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