Pineapple Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pineapple Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (no butter or oil), is a moist cake for any gathering. Serve with toasted coconut on top!

Friends, dessert this week is going to be fabulous! Have you tried my Pineapple Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting?

Pineapple Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

It’s been around for a long time! With or without coconut, this cake is moist and delicous! Optional to toast your coconut first. Refrigerate any leftovers (because of the cream cheese frosting). And are you interested in the beautiful gold and black flatware? You can check it out, HERE.

Pineapple cake with no butter or oil

It’s also a great recipe if you have friends coming for dinner who can’t tolerate dairy.

TIP: Of course this means you’d set a piece aside for them before you frost it with cream cheese.

There is no butter or oil in this cake, the crushed pineapple makes the cake nice and moist. However, the frosting does contain dairy!

What can I make with crushed pineapple?

This cake! It’s moist and delicious, I pulled this BEST Pineapple Cake recipe from my mom’s church cookbook! (You may also ove this Banana Wanut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting – so good!)

How do you make easy pineapple cake?

1. Beat together eggs with sugar and vanilla. Add in the flour, crushed pineapple with juice, baking soda and walnuts and mix well to combine.
2. Pour cake batter into a 9×13 inch baking pan and bake!
3. To making frosting, cream together cream cheese and butter. Add in vanilla, coconut extract, and powdered sugar and again beat frosting until nice and smooth.
4. Frost cake once it has cooled after baking.
5. You can toast the coconut if you want. Add the coconut on top (optional) and serve!

Pineapple Hospitality Party

But first … a pineapple party!

It’s true, that pictures really do tell a story. For us, the night we spent at Pennington Farms a few years ago, was magical, delicious, and so full of personality and beautiful hospitality.

I took a few pictures to share with you my love for this party, plus the pineapple, plus the fact that it’s just fun to throw a party … just because.’

My friend Cathy owns Pennington Farms, out in the Applegate Valley in southern Oregon. It now is one of the most successful farms in Oregon, and let me tell you, their foods are so fresh–the best.

Every year she throws a private party for family, friends, ranchers, farmers.

“I’m having this little party. I like you. Wanna come?” I loved hearing those words!

Set a pineapple table

Each table was set with pineapples as the centerpieces (how cute – the beautiful symbol of hospitality).

The delicious menu

The menu looked like this.

Just look at that cute pineapple apron Cathy was wearing, perfect for serving, hostessing–doing everything she is so good at.

Serving buffet style makes it so easy.

It’s all about the desserts

A birthday cake table. Sweet!

At the end of the party, we were served 2 Pineapple Coconut Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting per table.

Seriously, it was the most creamy, luscious cake we’ve ever eaten.

For Cathy, hospitality runs deep in her soul. So beautiful, caring, loving, making people feel at home (we got to see her charming farmhouse), and welcome, wherever she goes.

Not just at the farm. Or in the bakery. She’s an encourager to all. :)

Pineapple Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Inspired by the pineapple cake that she served, I also tried this Pineapple Milkshake this week. [So good!]

Please try it, and when you add the can of pineapple, think of the true meaning of hospitality and the way you love others.

Or, how you can love others better!

Here’s a tip for toasted coconut: Place on a paper towel and microwave for a minute; toss around, and another minute until it’s a nice golden brown.

More moist cake recipes:

Pina Colada Cake [Tidy Mom]

How to Make Pineapple Cake Pops [Pint Sized Baker]

Raspberry Yogurt Cake [RE]

Buy the BLACK AND GOLD FLATWARE – it washes up beautifully in the dishwasher!

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Pineapple Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

With or without coconut, this cake is moist and delicous! Optional to toast your coconut first. Refrigerate any leftovers (because of the cream cheese frosting).

Prep Time: 10 minutes mins

Cook Time: 35 minutes mins

Total Time: 45 minutes mins

Yield: 8

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Ingredients

 

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Cake

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 20 ounce can crushed pineapple with juice
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• Cooking spray

Frosting

• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. coconut extract
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup coconut, optional

Instructions

 

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. To make cake batter, in a large bowl, beat together eggs with sugar and vanilla. Add flour, pineapple with juice, baking soda and walnuts and mix well to combine.
• Pour cake batter into a 9×13 inch baking pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 35 to 40 minutes.
• To making frosting, cream together cream cheese and butter. Add vanilla, coconut extract, and powdered sugar and use an electric mixer to beat until frosting is smooth. Frost cake once it has cooled after baking. Add the coconut on top (optional).

Notes

This cake has no butter or oil.

Originally posted SEP 2015.

Cuisine: American

Course: Dessert

Author: Sandy / Reluctant Entertainer

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