Pineapple Sunshine Cake
Pineapple Sunshine Cake – A light and fluffy pineapple-infused cake, topped with a sweet and creamy whipped cream frosting. This cake is always a crowd pleaser!
Today’s recipe is simple, easy, and delicious, y’all. I wanted to share it with you before the weekend because this would be the perfect, easy addition to your Easter spread.
I got this recipe from one of the lovely ladies I used to work with when we were living in Kansas. Let me tell ya, my midwestern friends are some UH-mazing cooks!
I always say that southern food is my comfort food, but ya know what? Kansas girls… now they know how to make some good food!
I love to make this Sunshine Cake for Easter or summer barbecues and it NEVER lasts for long. When I made it earlier this week, my son snuck a piece from the corner before I was able to photograph it.
He came running to me and said, “Mama! That cake is the best in the whole world!”
It was hard to be mad at him for cake-thievery with a sweet comment like that. He must be learning how to butter me up.
Have a wonderful Easter y’all!
Recipe: Pineapple Sunshine Cake
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil, (I used vegetable oil)
- 1 (8 oz) can crushed pineapple with juice
Frosting:
- 1 (8 oz) container whipped topping, thawed
- 1 small box instant vanilla pudding
- 1 (8 oz) can crushed pineapple with juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, oil, and 1 can of crushed pineapple with the juice. Mix well.
- Pour into prepared baking pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
- In a medium sized bowl, fold together whipped topping, box of vanilla pudding, and 1 can crushed pineapple with the juice. Spread over the top of cooled cake. Enjoy!
Notes
If you like this Pineapple Sunshine Cake, then you might also like:
Skinny Chocolate Cake
This is probably the best cake I have ever eaten. Love it easy to make. Frosting is so good.
Made this cake several times before I started baking cakes from scratch. The second time I baked it I used Duncan Hines Supreme Pineapple cake mix. It was better. This is a very good cake.
help i put a 20oz pineapple in it
You could probably double the reciepe and bake 2 of them
Funny I did same thing and so thank goodness I had two pans ready
I make this cake and I pour 1/2 of a large can of pineapple plus juice over the top of cake before adding the frosting and it’s very moist.
Sounds yummy
I made this cake for my mother initially but liked it so much myself that when I make it now i make two. 1 for my mom and family and 1 for me. ????
Not kidding I like it with coffee in the am Ade with cold milk in the pm.
Fold mandarin oranges in the batter, delicious
Wonder could use a pineapple cake mix?
Sure!
Absolutely! I used Duncan HInes Supreme Pineapple and it’s better!
Love this cake!!! I’ve made it twice, loved it both times.
Can this be made into bars also, or would it be too crumbly?
Hi Judith, I’ve never made it into bars. I don’t think it would have the right consistency for that, unfortunately.
This is a dumb question but do I mix the dry pudding or make the pudding then mix it with whipped topping and pineapple? TIA
You mix it dry!
Could you make it a 2 layer cake?
Yes, I think that would work.
Thank you, I had same concern, looking forward to thia! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! 🦃
Recipe was fresh and flavorful with the addition of pudding mix to cake mix and frosting. Went over very well at progressive dinner.
I LOVE this cake! I used cream cheese pudding instead of vanilla in the topping and added shredded coconut to the cake batter then garnished with a little toasted coconut… AWESOME! ????
Made the recipe as written and it was light, full of flavor and so delicious.
Next time I will try it with lemon pudding as suggested by another reviewer. This recipe is so versatile!
I made this cake for my family and it was so delicious, fluffy and light tasting. They really loved it. Will definitely make again . ????????????????
Perfect lite refreshing cake dessert. Love the moist easy cake . Best topping for the cake. Loved it
Can’t wait to try this one
Wow! Super good & I made right away. I used lemon pudding in the frosting, and added another package to the cake (the pineapple flavor wasn’t coming through for some reason) which made it very ‘sunshine’ 🙂
Instead of one large cake I used three loaf pans. When I walked in on the Hubby finishing off one, I knew this was a keeper!