Last night, supper consisted of ham, corn on the cob, sweetened beets, roast broccoli and mashed potatoes.
I like to mash my potatoes with sour cream to cut calories, but when I opened the container, that was no longer an option. For some reason, my container of sour cream was completely frozen. Obviously I have some serious cold spots in the fridge, and I need to check it out, but for the moment all I could think was…what shall I do with this sour cream? There were about 2 cups that needed to be used up (once it was defrosted naturally). The first thing that came to mind was sour cream fudge, which I promptly made. The second thing came to me as an inspiration. I keep seeing “poke cakes” all over the internet, so I decided to make one using the sour cream and an equivalent amount of crushed pineapple I had in the fridge.
I started by making a wacky cake. The recipe can be found here. I replaced the cocoa with an equal amount of flour and added a 1/4 cup of coconut and put it in the oven. While it baked, I combined the following in a medium saucepan:
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup crushed pineapple
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
I brought the mixture to a boil, and whisked it almost continually for about 15 minutes. If the sour cream hadn’t been frozen and defrosted, I probably would have only needed to cook it for about 8-10 minutes. The extra cooking time was needed to get the sour cream to blend in.
When the cake came out of the oven, I poked holes all over it, then poured the hot pineapple sauce all over it and let it sit overnight. I poked a few more holes while it was sitting.
I was pleased with the result, and will make this again.
Any suggestions?