Grandma’s food is simple and does not pretend to be luxuriously served in Michelin-starred restaurants. But the taste of her pastries is impossible to forget. You can smell her pastries from miles away you might come running for a bite. Check out these awesome, Granny cake with coconut,
HOMEMADE GRANNY CAKE
The homemade granny cake is just like that! Simple, easy to make, soft, and incredibly juicy. And it’s very cozy during winter.
The perfect combination of pineapple, nuts, and evaporated milk.
I just want to make myself a cup of herbal tea, cut a piece of this cake, wrap oneself in a warm blanket, and watch the kindest movie.
THE INGREDIENT YOU’LL NEED TO MAKE HOMEMADE GRANNY CAKE
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup brown sugar (for topping)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapples, with juice
- 1 cup pecans, chopped (for topping)
Icing
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
How to Make Granny Cake?
For baking, you only need to use the necessary ingredients indicated in the recipe. It is important to keep the exact proportions. For example, too much flour will make the cake dry.
Some products (baking soda and baking powder) are not interchangeable. Also, do not bake the cake for too long.
To make the cake moist, as in the case of Granny cake, prepare an icing, pierce the finished pie in several places with a toothpick and fill in the icing. Let the cake soak for a couple of hours.
- First, we mix sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Then add eggs, pineapple crushed with juice and mix with a spoon.
- Pour the dough into a mold, sprinkle with a layer of chopped nuts, and also cover with a layer of brown sugar and bake.
- Meanwhile, we mix the evaporated milk, sugar, and butter in a separate saucepan, bring this mixture to a boil over low heat, and then pour the icing over the finished pie
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TIPS FOR BAKING THE PERFECT GRANNY CAKE
1) Pierce the cake with a toothpick in several places then pour the icing.
2) Bake the cake the day before and leave it to soak overnight with glaze.
HOW DO I MAKE MY HOMEMADE CAKE MORE MOIST AND FLUFFY?
The key to success is butter and sugar. One of the most important tips that make a cake fluffy, moist, and loose is to beat butter and sugar.
They need to be whipped for a sufficiently long time until the mixture acquires a pale yellow color and until it becomes sufficiently lush due to air. The process is known as creaming.
OTHER CAKE RECIPES YOU MIGHT ENJOY
Homemade Granny Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapples, with juice
- 1 cup brown sugar (for topping)
- 1 cup pecans, chopped (for topping)
Icing
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350º F and lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with oil. In a large bowl combine white sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt, whisk.
- Then add eggs, crushed pineapples with juice and mix with a spoon until smooth.
- Pour the batter into a baking dish.
- Sprinkle the dough with chopped pecans and brown sugar. Place the baking dish in the oven, bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and dry.
- Icing: Mix evaporated milk, white sugar, and butter in a little saucepan over medium heat and bring it to a boil. Remove icing from heat, add vanilla, and stir.
- Take the pie out of the oven, prick it with a toothpick or bamboo skewer around the entire perimeter. This is necessary in order for the icing to saturate the entire pie.
- Pour hot icing over the cake and let cool completely. Cut into pieces and serve.
Notes
- The finished glaze hardens quickly, so start cooking it 5 minutes before the end of baking.
- The amount of brown sugar for topping can be reduced by 2 times, the main thing is that sugar evenly covers the layer of nuts. Then it is caramelized in the oven and you will get a delicious crispy layer.
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I made this a couple of months ago and it’s just me and my husband now. He told me to never make it again because he ate the whole thing in about 3 days lol but I’m making it again today for my son and his family! I know they will love it! Thanks for sharing!
Hi angie, I’m so glad you enjoyed it enough to give it 5 stars. I really appreciate you coming back to let me know.
What do you mean that the brown sugar can be reduced X2 times?
Hi Selma,
There is sugar in the dough, sugar in icing. If you want a cake that isn’t too sweet, use half a cup of brown sugar instead of a cup for topping.
Is evaporated milk the same as condensed milk? Can you suggest any substitute for evaporated milk?
Hi Joanna,
Evaporated and condensed milk are not the same thing. Evaporated milk is not sweet, unlike condensed. You can replace it with the following options:
1) half and half
2) whole milk or nut/ almond/rice milk. In this case, it will need to be prepared. Pour double amount of milk into a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the amount of milk is halved.
Didn’t change a thing one thing, did exactly what the recipe called for. Made this for a small family get together. I can tell that everyone is going to love this! Very simple ingredients and quick to make. Thank you for this lovely recipe!!
Fantastic! I’m so glad you love them so much.
Delicious but wow that’s a lot of sugar! I usually half amount of sugar in carrot cake so gonna try with granny cake as well 🤞🏻
Hi Kelly,
Yes of course! it’s a matter of taste. the amount of sugar can be halved if necessary!
It calls for white sugar, is that granulated or powdered sugar in the icing?
Hi Booker,
Yes For the icing granulated sugar works well!
My grandson can’t have nuts. Can you substitute anything else in the icing?
Hi Sandra,
You can use almonds, take chopped almonds, or petals. Alternatively, you can replace nuts with old-fashioned oatmeals.
How do you store it? Should I wait for it to cool all the way then plastic wrap? I just finished and I made it for tomorrow.
Hi lisa,
Yes, qfter cooking, cool the pie completely, wrap with cling film, or transfer to a container with a lid. This will keep your cake moist. Store in refrigerator for up to 6 days.
Hi. I know I should know this but my brain isn’t working right now haha. It says to poke around the perimeter, do you mean just around the edges of the cake? Sounds delicious
Hi Toni,
Yes, I mean to pierce the whole cake with a bamboo skewer, both the center and the edges. So that the icing is absorbed and your pie is juicy.
Looks wonderful do you think gluten free flour would work?
Ha Carol,
I didn’t make this pie with gluten-free flour, but I think almond flour will work great here.
Says the icing will caramelize in the oven?????? Recipe does NOT SAY TO PUT BACK IN OVEN AFTR PUTTING on icing
Hi Janet,
No, I mean that brown sugar, which is sprinkled over nuts, caramelizes in the oven. the icing made with white sugar and poured over the finished cake.
Hi!
I love pineapple! Unfortunately, over the years I get a worse allergic reaction each time I have some (cooked or raw). Instead of the pineapple do you have any suggestions for substitution?
Hi Sandra,
I think you can experiment with the following products:
1) pear in its own juice (if fresh, you should take a hard variety)
2) orange or grapefruit (the slices should be peeled off the film). When adding fresh fruit, be sure to add half a cup of juice (apple / citrus) to the dough, enjoy!
In one place the recipe calls for sliced pineapple and in another it calls for crushed pineapple. Which was intended?
Hi Barbara,
Good question, crushed pineapple works best for this recipe. I only had pineapple tidbits available, so I sliced them to the size I needed. You are free to use rings, or even fresh pineapple. Just cut it into small cubes. In case of using fresh pineapple, add half a cup of packaged juice.
Can you substitute cake flour instead of regular flour
Hi Saundra,
Yes, you can. To substitute cake flour for all-purpose flour use 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons cake flour for every cup of all-purpose flour. It means, for this recipe you need to take 2 cups + 4 tbsp cake flour.
Saundra,
Did you mean to say cornstarch instead of cake flour?
Oh my goodness ! Both my boys and hubby are a big granny cake fan and can have anything which has that flavor! Thanks
Thanks, Sonia That’s so kind of you! 🥰
Amazing The whole family loves it!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks, you for coming back to let me know how much you love it,
This is one of the best granny cakes that I have ever tried. I will definitely be making this again and again since my kids are raving for it!
Hi Teresa,
That was so sweet of you to make it for her. Glad everyone enjoyed it! ❤️