Its almost summer! Which calls for celebration of all things tropical, sunny, and yummy! For the past week, we’ve had awful sauna-esque summer weather, here in Los Angeles. I couldn’t even turn on my oven, because it was SO HOT!!!

I’d been obsessing over the Pina Colada Bundt Cakes in Hannah Kaminsky’s My Sweet Vegan, so I had to make these as soon as the weather got cooler and I could turn on the oven again.

Pina Coladas are probably one of my favorite drinks, so I was really excited for this recipe. They’re so sweet! And I love coconut. The cakes don’t taste EXACTLY like Pina Coladas, but they are still super delicious! The coconut in the cakes make them all chewy and macaroony. The texture’s my favorite part. And the icing is the perfect complement to the cake (but don’t eat the icing by itself; it needs the cake bring out the flavors!) My cake didn’t come out gorgeous, but the taste more than made up for it.

Pina Colada Mini Cakes (adapted from My Sweet Vegan)