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Pineapple Cream Cake is a yellow cake with a creamy pineapple frosting topped with a dollop of whipped cream.
It's my best friend's birthday today. Her name is Liz, and she's my identical twin sister. (Yes, that also makes today my birthday too 🙂 ..but this post isn't about me. It's about my sister. Sharing a birthday with her is the BEST–we had so much fun as kids.
I hate that we now live so far away from each other because I need her next to me when I'm blowing out birthday candles and opening presents. I hate having the attention all by myself. So this post is for you LIZZIE. I love you and miss you terribly! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
This photo KILLS me every time. The hair. The dresses. Well done mom, well done. 🙂
(As a side note, you may notice I use a cake mix in this recipe. You are welcome to use a “from scratch” yellow cake, but I love the added mandarin oranges in with a good quality cake mix! I do make some exceptions when cooking from scratch and a “doctored” cake mix is great when you want a fast and easy dessert!).
Growing up my mom always made us each our own special birthday cake. I'm a Carrot Cake girl through and through, and my sister loves German Chocolate Cake. One cake we could both always agree on, however, is this pineapple cream cake!
And since I've already shared our other two favorite recipes, I'm excited to share this one with you. This is a total Memorial Day, summertime cake. It's perfectly moist (ya, I hate that word, but it's the best way to describe it) and the whipped frosting is to DIE. for. You can make it in a 9×13” pan or as a sheet cake –either way it's perfect for a crowd and everyone always loves it.
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Pineapple Cream Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Frosting
- 3.4 ounce box vanilla instant pudding
- 20 ounce can crushed pineapple
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 heaping cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 1 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine the cake mix, butter, the whole can of mandarin oranges (juice and all), oil, eggs and mix well.
- Pour into a greased 9x13'' pan and bake for 22-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Mix the dry pudding packet and the whole can of crushed pineapple together. Refrigerate while you do the next steps.
- In a large mixing bowl beat the heavy cream until peaks start to form. Add the powdered sugar and beat well.
- Fold in the coconut and the pineapple/pudding mixture.
- Spread frosting over cooled cake and refrigerate until ready to serve. (I garnished the top of my cake with some toasted coconut.)
Nutrition
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I’m not a fan of mandarin oranges. Is there anything else that can be substituted or can I leave them out?
Hi Lucy…You could add some crushed pineapple instead…
Do I have to use heavy cream……
Hi Anna, you could substitute a container of cool whip…
This looks absolutely heavenly!!!!
What a delicious recipe! I must try that! My son loves pineapple! Loved the photos, I could almost smell the cake!
that looks so delicious! thanks for sharing the recipe!
I’ve GOT to make this cake for our Bible study group!! They will love it!
Wishing you many blessings on your birthday!!
(Does your sister live in St. Louis too? We live just across the river…)
Love the photo of you and your sister! Sweet! I went to elementary school with twins whose mother always dressed them alike. They had a sister a year or two older, and she would often be dressed nearly the same. The twins in pink gingham and their sister in blue gingham, things like that. I moved away in fourth grade and often wondered how long they kept that up. I suppose you would rebel at a certain point! 😀
OMG. This looks SO good!
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I have actually never had a pineapple cake, but seeing as how I love both on their own, I’m sure I would love this!
I’ve been on a big pineapple kick lately, so this looks very good.