Pineapple Coffee Cake w/Macadamia Coconut Topping and Orange Icing

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If I had called this coffee cake the Hawaiian Coffee Cake, then that would have sounded like such a cliche. I mean really just because it has pineapple, macadamia nuts, and coconut doesn't necessarily make it Hawaiian, does it? And besides, it's not like Hawaiian Coffee Cake is any easier to say than Pineapple Coffee Cake with Macadamia Coconut Topping and Orange Icing. ☺

Pineapple Coffee Cake w/Macadamia Coconut Topping 
and Orange Icing

Coffee Cake

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup unbleached white flour
1½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 stick butter, softened
¾ cup sugar
1 egg
8oz can crushed pineapple, drain and set juice aside
½ cup pineapple juice
¾ cup buttermilk

Topping

½ cup flour
½ cup sugar
4 Tbsp butter, cold
1 tsp orange zest
¼ tsp cinnamon
½ cup shredded coconut
½ cup macadamia nuts, chopped

Icing
1 cup powdered sugar
2 Tbsp orange juice
1 Tbsp butter, melted

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Instructions
Generously grease a 9x9 pan. Heat oven to 350° F.

For the topping
Combine flour, sugar and orange zest in a bowl. Using a pastry cutter, blend butter into flour mixture until pea-sized chunks form. Add coconut and macadamia nut and thorough combine. Set aside.

For the cake
Combine whole wheat flour, unbleached white flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, stirring well after each. Add buttermilk and flour mixture alternately beginning and ending with flour mixture. Add pineapple juice and pineapple. Stir thoroughly.

You want to make sure that you have 1¼ cup of liquid total. If you can't drain enough pineapple juice from the can to make ½ cup, then add more buttermilk to compensate.

Pour batter into greased pan. Sprinkle with topping. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Cool completely before icing.

For the icing
Combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly. Drizzle over cake.

Since I used orange zest in the topping, I just used the juice from the orange. You can also use store bought orange juice.

Inspiration recipe(s): Pineapple-Orange Streusel Coffee Cake

Enjoy!

~CD