Nigella Lawson (@nigella.bsky.social)

Coconut! Cocoa! Rum! Pineapple! Yes, of course I’m in exuberant exclamatory mode as I tell you that my rather retro Tropical Chocolate Cake (a kind of inside-out Bounty) is #RecipeOfTheDay! In more sober fashion, I must also inform you that the rum is not mandatory. www.nigella.com/recipes/trop...

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Tropical Chocolate Cake This is a wonderful cake: amusing but no joke; the velvety sponge is dark, moist and gently fragranced. Go easy on the essence/extract in the icing, though, or it will be just too Hawaiian Tropic. Should you not have any Malibu, which for those who have never come across it is coconut rum, do use any rum in its stead. But if you have none of that either or you simply prefer not to use alcohol in this cake, then just use two spoonfuls of the (usually apple) juice the pineapple was canned in. And please read the Additional Information section at the end of the recipe before proceeding. https://www.nigella.com/recipes/tropical-chocolate-cake