INGREDIENTS
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– 1 box of yellow cake mix (I think a white cake mix would work well, too!)
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– 3 eggs (or however many indicated by the boxed cake mix)
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– 1 cup water (or however much indicated by the boxed cake mix)
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– One 20 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained and with juice reserved (You will be using the reserved pineapple juice as a substitute for the oil called for by the boxed cake mix.)
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– One 8 ounce package cream cheese
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– One 3.4 ounce package instant vanilla pudding (The original recipe actually calls for 3 ounces, but anybody who’s made pudding recently knows instant pudding usually doesn’t come in that size! Luckily, that 0.4 ounces doesn’t really make a
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– 1 cup cold milk
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– One 9 ounce container Cool Whip (or your preferred whipped topping)
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– Nuts
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– Coconut
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A note— I, like most of you, prefer to make my cakes from scratch, but sometimes it’s fun to take the easy route. I’m sure you can adapt a from-scratch recipe; just bear in mind that the pineapple juice should be incorporated as a substitute fo