Southern Pineapple Cake
This Southern Pineapple Cake is soft, moist, and bursting with bright pineapple flavor — all topped off with a luscious pineapple cream cheese frosting. Simple to make, yet fancy enough for potlucks, showers, and holidays, this cake’s sunshine-in-a-slice quality keeps it in rotation year-round.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1½ cups sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup oil
- 1 cup crushed pineapple with juice
- 3 eggs large
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup butter softened, for frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract for frosting
- 1 cup crushed pineapple drained, for frosting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease three 8-inch round cake pans and line bottoms with parchment if desired.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add softened butter, oil, pineapple (with juice), eggs, and vanilla. Beat with a mixer until smooth and well combined.
- Divide batter evenly among the pans. Bake for 25–30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto a rack to cool completely.
- To make frosting: beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and drained pineapple. Beat until fluffy.
- Stack cake layers with frosting between them. Frost the top and sides. Decorate as desired.
Notes
For added flair, mix shredded coconut into the batter or top with toasted coconut. The layers can also be baked a day ahead and frosted the next.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 636kcalCarbohydrates: 83.8gProtein: 5.1gFat: 32.3gSaturated Fat: 14.3gTrans Fat: 0.8gCholesterol: 107mgSodium: 158mgFiber: 0.8gSugar: 66.5g
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