Nellie's Coconut Loaf Cake

Ingredients

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Toast the coconut in the oven on a baking tray, tossing o
• Prepare a loaf tin
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, vanilla powder and salt
• Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating w
• Fold 20 oz pineapple and 1 cup toasted coconut into batter. Spoon into prepared
• Make the buttercream. Put the sugar and water into a pan over a low heat. Dissol
• Whisk the egg whites to soft peaks. Once the sugar has completely dissolved, inc
• Remove the pan from the heat. With the whisk at full speed, slowly pour the hot
• Gradually add the butter, whisking, until the buttercream is smooth. Add the coc
• Cover your loaf with buttercream and cover the sides with toasted coconut. Pipe