Hawaiian Dream Cake

Need to whip something up quick for a party or special event but are short on time?  This cake recipe is definitely for you then!  It's super easy, super quick, and relatively inexpensive.  It combines a traditional yellow cake with pineapple and an awesome coconut-pineapple glaze.  Is your mouth watering yet?!
 

Hawaiian Dream Cake

Ingredients:

1 (18 oz) yellow cake mix
4 eggs
3/4 cup canola oil
1/2 (20 oz) can crushed pineapple with liquid

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Drain pineapple and set aside one-half for glaze. Beat all ingredients and half pineapple liquid in bowl for 4 minutes.  Pour into sprayed, floured, 9x13" baking pan.
3. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.  Cool and spread coconut-pineapple glaze over cake.

Coconut-Pineapple Glaze

Ingredients:

1/2 (20 oz) can crushed pineapple with liquid

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

1 (16 oz) box powdered sugar

1 (6 oz) can flaked coconut

Directions:

Heat pineapple and butter in saucepan and boil for 2 minutes.  Add powdered sugar and coconut.  Punch holes in cake with knife and pour hot glaze over cake.

Yields: 18 servings.