Pineapple Cake

 

The day before I headed off to the Farm Chicks show I was making wedding sheet cakes for friends. They wanted a pineapple cake and since I didn't have a recipe or a lot of time to make scratch cakes and I had to make a large volume of cake I decided on using white cake mixes as the base for my cakes. Here is the recipe I came up with:

1 Package Duncan Hines White Cake Mix

1 Package Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix

3 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup water

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1/4 tsp. lemon extract

One 8-Ounce can of crushed pineapple, including juice

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8-inch pans.

 

Combine ingredients, except for pineapple, in the bowl of mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.

 

Mix on low speed until combined, about 1 minute. Continue mixing on medium-high speed for 3-4 minutes.

 

Add pineapple, mix on low speed until combined. Scrape sides of bowl and mix on medium high speed 2 minutes.

 

Divide batter between pans and bake for 26-28 minutes. Cool in pans on wire rack 10-15 minutes. Remove cakes from pans and cool on wire rack until completely cooled.

If you would like to make this cake for a large crowd, use an 11X15" pan (Wilton pans are great and available at Wal-Mart or Michael's Craft stores), double the recipe using a 20 ounce jar of pineapple in place of two smaller cans, and bake in a 325 degrees oven for about 55 minutes. I whipped up four of these large cakes for the wedding and they turned out really nice.

And for frosting: You may use any number of frostings on this cake. For the wedding I made simple butter cream frosting.This whipped cream cheese frosting works nicely also and complements the sweetness of the cake, as would a simple freshed whipped cream topping.

This cake is super easy to make. The pineapple adds a sweetness and keeps the cake extra moist. This is a nice cake to make for a party, special occasion or just because it's summer and you want a taste of the tropics to put you in a festive island mood! Bon appetit!

Comments

[mo]

You are a good friend! I think pineapple cake sounds heavenly!

[Kris]

This is absolutely one of the best cakes I have ever had. I'm not a huge cake lover, but I had 2 pieces at the wedding and took a 3rd home for breakfast the next morning! Thanks for posting the recipe Kim!

[Carrie]

This cake looks absolutely scruptious...where is the finished product? I am sure it was beautiful!
Stay Cozy, Carrie

[Kim G.]

Carrie- I hauled this one off to Father's Day party and didn't manage to get a picture! Sorry!

[Carol @ Old Glory Cottage]

You made my mouth water! Looks like you've been doing alot of baking lately!

[Elizabeth]

What great pictures! Makes me hungry!

[Stephanie]

Now that my mouth is watering for this cake, I must go make it!! I bet your friends loved loved loved this cake!
So kind :)
Stephanie

[laurie - magpie ethel]

The cake I heard so much about ...now I REALLY want a slice! (altho realize it is long gone) I'll have Ben whip one up for his cooking blog.

[Jean Tuthill]

Thanks for posting this recipe. I use cake mixes and pudding for all my cakes and I am always looking for new cake flavors. This one sounds delicious. This would make a great Pina Colada cake with some coconut cream and some shredded coconut on top. YUM! I can't wait to try this one! Thanks again.

[Trinity]

It was a wonderful cake, Kim! I actually had 5 pieces of it at the wedding! Yikes! Delicious! I am about to make it for Naomi's birthday party, and I hope I don't eat it all before the party! :)

[ps3 manette]

Thanks for the recipe. I tried this since I have a big inclination towards pineapple. Can you please post the final product so that I can know if I have gone right.