Pineapple Sheet Cake flavored and moistened with crushed pineapple and topped with a sweet icing laced with shredded coconut, and sprinkled with pecans is a wonderful dessert to make to feed a crowd.
With the pineapple, coconut, and pecans it’s perfect for summer.
Crushed pineapple and vegetable oil help the cake stay exceptionally moist so it can be baked well in advance. It’s super easy to make. No mixer needed. The icing does take 10 minutes of stir time, but that’s the most involved part.
Oftentimes Pineapple Sheet Cake is topped with a cream cheese frosting, but this icing is made from butter, evaporated milk, and sugar. Basically the same ingredients you would use to make caramel icing. The coconut is added into the icing to give it some extra sweetness and a little texture contrast. You can mix the pecans into the icing as well, but I like to sprinkle them on top.
Typically pineapple sheet cake would be baked in a sheet pan, but I baked mine in a 13X9-inch pan to give it a little more height. It’s so hard to take good pictures of flat cake! If you’re serving it at a potluck or picnic, a sheet pan is nice to use. It looks like more cake 🙂 and is easier to slice into squares.
But anyway you cook it, Pineapple Sheet Cake is sure to be enjoyed by all. Except pineapple haters. I have a few of those in my family.
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Try These Other Delicious Pineapple Desserts:
- Pineapple Carrot Cake
- Pineapple 7-Up Cake
- Pineapple Coconut Macadamia Pie
- Pineapple Delight
- Slow Cooker Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Watch the short video below to see how to make Pineapple Sheet Cake.
Pineapple Sheet Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 (20-ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Icing
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup Challenge butter, cut into chunks
- 2/3 cup evaporated milk
- pinch of salt
- 3/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13X9-inch pan or a sheet pan.
- Combine all cake ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir until evenly combined and then pour into prepared pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes if using a 13X9-inch pan or 20 -25 minutes if using a sheet pan.
- Make icing while the cake bakes. Combine sugar, butter, evaporated milk, and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and then lower heat. Simmer and stir for 10 minutes.
- Add the coconut to the icing. Pour icing over cake. Sprinkle with pecans. Let cake cool before cutting.
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Originally published June 9, 2014.
Recipe adapted from Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House Cookbook: A Celebration of Traditional Southern Dishes that Made Miss Mary Bobo’s an American Legend
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My goodness gracious. This looks amaaaaazing!!! Why have I never made pineapple cake? It’s an atrocity.
This sounds incredible. Perfectly for a summer dessert!
I have never heard of a pineapple sheet cake, but what a great idea. I guess I’ve just always had pineapple upside down cake.
What a great picnic dessert this would be…I can just taste it!!
This looks positively decadent! This is definitely going on my pinterest as well, it’s that perfect combination of pretty and delicious.
Hi, could you start with a box cake mix? If so, how would you modify it or could you just add the can of pineapple in addition to the package ingredients? Thanks!
I hardly ever bake with box cake mixes so I’m not sure. I would think you would need to cut back some on the liquid ingredients if you added a can of pineapple.
I saw this on Instagram and already declared my love but this is so gorgeous I need to say THIS IS BEAUTIFUL again! YUM!
Thanks so much Pamela! Probably not as gorgeous as your garden though 🙂
This looks amazing… so moist and decadent! And I love the crunch of the pecans!
My mouth is watering! I love pineapple cake, I have to try this!
This cake looks delicious! Just look at how moist and yummy it is! I love pineapple and coconut together. Reminds me of being on a tropical vacation : )
Looks nice, moist and very pineapple. I don’t mind that at all…
ela h.
I was just looking for a sheet cake. Pineapple sounds delicious! That frosting looks delicious!!
Moist, sweet and yummy. Love it!
I am having a heck of a time deciding which one of these drool worthy pictures to post on pintrest!!! This sheet cake looks like it needs to get on my need to make recipe inbox. Wishing you a super day. Take Care, BAM
Yummy! I have actually pineapple cake that I am thinking to try 🙂 I think this cake is just perfect with coffee!
Thank you Medeja! I can’t wait to try you Brazilian Coffee Banana recipe! Just saw it!
I’ve never made/tried pineapple sheet cake before. But I love all manner of pineapple desserts so I’m sure I would love this. I sorta feel like I missed out all these years. I will definitely be trying this — I can’t get over how moist the cake looks, and that frosting is divine!
If you love pineapple desserts, you will love this cake Jamie! 🙂
Christin, I am dying over this cake. DYING!!! It looks so moist and delicious and moist and moist! haha. Anyways. I just love it.
No pineapple haters here! I just love how moist and decadent it looks. I’ll take a slice, please!
This looks like a tropical paradise, and I’m all over that pineapple right now. This looks so gooey and delicious!
What a gorgeous cake! Love the gooey icing and the toasted pecans on top! Yum! I want a slice!