The Original “Easiest Pineapple Cake”




A delicious one bowl pineapple cake topped with a cream cheese frosting while it’s still hot. This Easiest Pineapple Cake is a one bowl wonder! Not only is it made easy by only needing one bowl to make it, there isn’t any butter or oil in the cake batter and yet it is extremely moist!

The cream cheese frosting is put on the cake while it is still hot, the frosting seeps into the top of the cake, it’s incredible. This is a dense , moist, pecan, pineapple filled cake topped with a creamy cream cheese frosting your family will thoroughly enjoy!

I didn’t have crushed pineapple but I did have pineapple slices. I took the slices out of the can and into my food processor and pulsed them until they were “crushed”. I put the crushed pineapple and it’s juice into the bowl and added the other cake ingredients to it.

After all the cake ingredients were in the bowl, I mixed with an electric mixer just till the ingredients were combined. That only took about 3 minutes tops. I folded the chopped pecans ( mine were more crushed ) into the batter. In to the oven it went. About ten minutes before the cake was to be done I made the frosting. I topped the cake with the frosting right after I took it from the oven. The result? Pineapple cream cheese heaven! This is a definite keeper Kids! Enjoy!

Ingredients

  • 2 c all purpose flour
  • 2 c sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • pinch salt
  • 1 – 20 oz can of crushed pineapple ( undrained ) in it’s own juice – not syrup
  • 1 c chopped nuts, optional
  • CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
  • 1/2 c butter or 1 stick
  • 1 – 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 c confectioners’ sugar
  • coconut for garnish – optional

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
Mix all of the cake ingredients together in a bowl.
Pour into a greased 9X13 inch pan and bake at 350 for 35 – 40 minutes (until top is golden brown).
Frosting:
Beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla together until creamy.
Gradually mix in powdered sugar.
Frost cake with cream cheese frosting while still warm.
Sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired.
Enjoy!

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