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    Home » Recipes » Fruit Desserts

    Grilled Angel Food Cake with Pineapple, Coconut, and Caramel

    Published: Aug 4, 2016 · Modified: Jul 18, 2018 by Alyssa · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Grilled angel food cake slices are stacked high with grilled pineapple slices, toasted coconut flakes, and a drizzle of caramel sauce for a tropical and summery fruit dessert.

    A serving of angel food cake, grilled pineapple, coconut, and caramel sauce on a dessert plate.

    Chalk this up as another 'recipe but not really' or an excuse to throw together several of my dessert favorites, but this grilled angel food cake topped with grilled pineapple slices, toasted coconut flakes, and caramel sauce is where it's at.

    It's a relatively easy, semi-homemade recipe that has you grilling two non-conventional foods - pineapple and angel food cake - for a fun, tropical-inspired warm weather dessert. Plus grilling-for-grill-lines-sake is simple - no need to take an internal temperature, ensure doneness, etc. Just grill until the lines look good to you! Bada bing bada boom.

    Cake topped with pineapple, coconut, and caramel on plates with a fork.

    This recipe is customizable in that you can make everything from scratch, make some things from scratch, or utilize the convenience of store-bought ingredients for a quicker (but just as delicious) dessert.

    I don't have an angel food cake pan and have experienced the pain of winging it and baking angel food cake in a standard-sized pan (hello, spillover!), so I stuck with a store-bought bundt of angel food cake here. You can for sure use your favorite homemade angel food cake recipe if you prefer.

    I did make the caramel sauce from scratch here, only because I wanted to test out a non-dairy recipe using coconut milk. It's light in color because I used granulated sugar instead of the brown sugar in the recipe I was following, but it was great!

    Just like with the cake, you can use store-bought caramel sauce or make your own. This salted caramel sauce has become my favorite homemade caramel sauce that uses dairy, which I highly recommend.

    A serving of angel food cake, grilled pineapple, coconut, and caramel sauce on a dessert plate.

    Grilled Angel Food Cake with Pineapple, Coconut, and Caramel

    Grilled angel food cake slices are stacked high with grilled pineapple slices, toasted coconut flakes, and a drizzle of caramel sauce for a tropical and summery fruit dessert.
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 243kcal
    Author: Alyssa

    Ingredients

    • ⅓ cup sweetened coconut flakes, toasted
    • Oil for grill grates
    • 4 wedges of angel food cake, about half of a store-bought bundt
    • 4 pineapple slices
    • 4 tablespoon salted caramel sauce for drizzling
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    Instructions

    To toast the coconut flakes:

    • Preheat oven to 350°F and line a rimmed baking sheet with foil or parchment paper. Place coconut flakes in a single layer on the sheet. Toast for 5-10 minutes, or until the coconut flakes are golden-brown and just becoming fragrant. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.

    To grill:

    • Heat a clean grill to medium heat and brush your preferred cooking oil on grates. Place angel food cake wedges and pineapple slices on grill.
    • Grill angel food cake wedges for about 2 minutes, or until grill marks appear on the bottom side. Flip and repeat on the other side, then remove to a plate.
    • Repeat the same grilling process for the pineapple slices, however it make take an extra few minutes per side.

    To assemble:

    • Place one angel food cake wedge on a plate, and top with one pineapple slice. Drizzle with caramel sauce and sprinkle toasted coconut flakes over top. Serve while warm.

    Notes

    It's important to oil the grill grates so the angel food cake and pineapple slices don't stick!
    You can use store-bought caramel sauce, or your favorite homemade version. I've linked to my fave salted caramel sauce recipe in the ingredient list above.
    Increase or decrease the quantity of ingredients to change up the serving size!
     
    Nutritional info is estimated to be one-eight of an angel food cake, 1 pineapple slice, 1 heaping tablespoon toasted coconut, and 1 tablespoon of caramel sauce per serving. Values will change depending on quantities of and which kind of caramel sauce you use, etc.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 243kcal | Carbohydrates: 50.8g | Protein: 2.8g | Fat: 3.6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 413mg | Potassium: 159mg | Fiber: 2.6g | Sugar: 10.9g | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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    Nutritional information is provided as an estimate. As it can vary due to many factors (brands used, quantities, etc.), we cannot guarantee its accuracy.

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    1. Ashley@CookNourishBliss says

      August 10, 2016 at 2:34 pm

      Why have I never grilled cake before?? That sounds amazing! And with all these other fun components! I'll take one as an afternoon snack right now! 🙂

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    2. Danielle says

      August 08, 2016 at 1:28 pm

      This is such a fun way to jazz up angel food cake, Alyssa! I absolutely adore pineapple and coconut together, so this is definitely a must try!

      Reply
      • Alyssa says

        August 08, 2016 at 9:33 pm

        Thanks Danielle!!

        Reply
    3. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      August 05, 2016 at 7:55 am

      Never would have used caramel to top it! That sounds fantastic! Grilled pineapple (all grilled fruit) is so delish!

      Reply

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