Easy Steps to Making a Kalua Cake

One of my friends has this special cake for his birthday every year. This year, he had it a little different and further from home. His fiancé, Victoria, wanted to keep the tradition alive, so she did. Before we get into the nitty gritty of the cake, here’s a little dedication she has for him:

My favorite family tradition is making my future husband his beloved Kahla Cake. It’s only made once a year, reserved for his birthday. Previously made by his mother with all the love she could muster, this tradition has now been passed onto me with expectation that I will never miss a year. It’s a tradition I hope to uphold until the day I die. Love you Joseph. Happy 27th Birthday!

There’s two parts to the cake: the cake and the frosting on top. My friend loves the actual cake, so that’s what was made. I’ll help you with the frosting later, if you’re still interested in adding that.

The Kalua Cake

Grab your ingredients in the nearest store:

Disclaimer: We were pressed on time and wanted to make it special for the day of. So the cake is made from mix, not from scratch. It still got the job done!

A package of yellow cake mix
½ cup of white sugar
1 large box of instant chocolate pudding and pie filling mix
1 cup of oil
4 eggs, but beat them
¼ cup of vodka
¼ cup of Kalua
¾ cup of water
your choice of cooking spray

Let’s get this party started!

Grab all the dry ingredients and throw them into a large bowl. It’ll be the cake mix, sugar, and pudding mix. Don’t literally throw them, but just add them. Now add the wet ingredients. Make sure you have the oil, eggs, vodka, Kalua (most important), and water.

Mix everything for one minute at slow, then four minutes at medium speed.

While you’ve made the cake in the bowl, add cooking spray to the bundt cake pan. Let’s not stick the cake to the pan!!!

Bake it all at 350 degrees for an hour.

Allow the beautiful Kalua cake to cool for ten minutes and flip it onto your cake stand or plate, however you’d like to present it to your hungry tummies; or in this case, Victoria’s fiancé.

And for the frosting– it’s quick and easy!

You’ll need ½ cup of powdered sugar and ½ cup of Kalua. Whisk them together and pour over to serve. Easy, right?!

A few extra adds

I know other people have made this cake with a bunch of different recipes and ingredients. So some other add-on’s you can use to make this cake delicious in other ways are:

can add chocolate chips in the frosting
instead of yellow cake, it can be chocolate cake
serve with vanilla ice cream

I hope you’ve enjoyed this special treat. It’s honestly extremely easy to make. It’ll probably take you about an hour or so to create this delicious beauty. TIP: Either make it the night before or the day of. You’ll want to maximize on the moist-ness of the cake (if that’s even a thing). I’d also recommend to only store up to three days, but if you’re anything like my family and I, it’ll probably be gone within the first hour. Let me know if you try it!!!