Do Nothing Cake (aka Texas Tornado Cake)
This pineapple dump cake (which is also a play on a classic "poke" cake) with coconut walnut frosting is super moist and ridiculously easy to make!
Ingredients
CAKE:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup sugar
- pinch salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 398 ml crushed pineapple, undrained
- 2 small containers apple sauce (104 ml) about 1/2 cup
FROSTING:
- 1/2 cup butter 113 g
- 3/4 cup evaporated milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup chopped nuts chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1 cup coconut
- pinch salt
Instructions
- I a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients (flour baking soda, sugar, salt) with a spoon; add in eggs, vanilla nd pineapple (with juice from can). Pour batter into a greased 9x13" pan (could also be lined with parchment) and bake in 350°F (175 C) oven for 30 - 40 minutes or until center of the cake is done.
- While cake is baking, place butter, evaporated milk and sugar in a medium saucepan and cook until thickened (about 5 minutes) stirring often; add nuts and coconut and stir to combine.
- Remove cake from oven and while cake is still hot, poke it with a skewer (you can use a chopstick or thin, wooden dowel) to help frosting soak into cake. Immediately pour frosting over it.