Prior to 2008, to say I was not a fan of coconut would’ve been a supreme understatement. A more accurate way of phrasing it would be to say that I despised coconut with the intensity of a thousand burning suns… yup… that was pretty accurate alright. Then something happened. I don’t know what or why or how but sometime during the first quarter of 2008 I began to like coconut. Then about a year later I began to LOVE coconut and now I can’t seem to get enough of the stuff. Maybe it’s because I now bake coconut things myself instead of buying them from the store? No clue. The past couple/three weeks I’ve had a hankerin for coconut cake and came across a recipe from Paula Deen. It looked rather promising. You could say it piqued my interest. But as soon as I thought to add pineapple filling… my stomach shouted “hang a tag on that baby and consider it sold!”
