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Grandma's Coconut Pineapple Cake
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Pineapple Coconut Cake

A spectacularly moist cake that only takes 5 ingredients to make!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Cake
Keyword five ingredient cake, grandma's coconut pineapple cake, pineapple cake, pineapple coconut cake
Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Servings 8

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 20 oz can of crushed pineapple

Frosting

  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 10 oz Cool Whip whipped topping thawed in fridge
  • 20 oz can of crushed pineapple drained well

Topping

  • 1 cup toasted coconut flakes

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray two 9-inch cake pans with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a mixer, combine cake mix and 20 oz of undrained crushed pineapple. Mix on low for 1 minute and then medium speed for 2 minutes. Divide batter between prepared baking pans and bake for 20-25 minutes or until done. Let cool for 15 minutes and then transfer from pan to cooling racks to cool completely.

Frosting

  • Beat softened cream cheese until smooth. Fold in cool whip and drained, crushed pineapple. Spread icing on one cooled cake. Top with second cooled cake and spread icing on top. Sprinkle with toasted coconut flakes.