3 Ingredient Pineapple Cake
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This 3 Ingredient Pineapple Cake is the perfect summer dessert! It’s light and fluffy and perfect with just a sprinkle of powdered sugar. It’s crazy how just three ingredients make a cake that is so delicious!
What You Will ❤️ About Pineapple Cake
- Light – At only 200 calories for a pretty large slice – this cake is not going to kick you off your diet!
- Fruity – the crushed pineapple is great because it’s in every bite but just adds a touch of sweetness!
- Fluffy – since you’re using angel food cake mix it’s a really nice fluffy cake!
3 Ingredients for Pineapple Cake
This cake is almost a two-ingredient cake – but have some fun with the third ingredient and enjoy! It’s easy and there’s no prep needed!
- Angel Food Cake Mix – any angel food cake mix will suffice and be sure you’re just using the powder – no extra things like oil, eggs, etc
- Crushed Pineapple – you’ll need the big can and be sure you do NOT drain it
- Coconut – honestly this is optional – if you’re not a coconut fan
Bonus: There’s really no need for frosting because it’s such a light cake. Whipped topping or powdered sugar is plenty!
Recipe Variations
Spring & Summer flavors are perfect in this pineapple angel food cake – here are a few tweaks you can make for more fun.
- Vanilla – you could swap out the coconut for a 1/2 tsp of vanilla
- Mandarin Oranges – roughly chop oranges and add them to the mix!
- Fruit Topper – top the cake with more fruit! I used strawberries but you could also dice up mangoes, peaches or raspberries.
- Cherries – top with a maraschino cherry and you’ll have a quick and easy version of pineapple upside down cake
How to make 3 Ingredient Pineapple Cake
This pineapple cake recipe is so easy to make! And – the batter is a bit frothy – so it doesn’t look like regular cake batter. But it bakes up beautifully!
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray a 9×13 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, add box of angel food cake mix powder, undrained pineapple (with pineapple juice) and coconut. Stir until combined – don’t overmix. It is a bit frothy – be sure to keep it that way!
- Pour batter into prepared pan in an even layer.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until the top and edges are slightly golden brown and a tester or toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool completely, then cut into squares. Top with whipped topping, cool whip, ice cream or lightly dust with powdered sugar.
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Tips, Tricks & FAQs
Store leftovers in an airtight container (I like these glass ones) for 4-5 days. You can store in the freezer up to three months. You can also heat in the microwave for 20 seconds and top with whipped topping.
Well – it’s debatable. Internet wisdom says if there’s “fresh fruit” you should put in the refrigerator but this is canned so meh. I didn’t and it was fine. ๐
Yes definitely! You can freeze individual pieces or the whole cake. Thaw overnight before serving at room temperature.
I haven’t tried it – it probably would work but wouldn’t be as light and airy. Angel food cake has egg whites and a whipping agent that make it so fluffy and spongy texture.
Eh – you could but you would need to add pineapple juice and I would chop the pineapple to a pretty fine texture.
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3 Ingredient Pineapple Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 ounce angel food cake mix mix only
- 20 ounce crushed pineapple DO NOT DRAIN!
- 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray a 9×13 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, add box of angel food cake mix powder, undrained pineapple (with pineapple juice) and coconut. Stir until combined – don’t overmix. It is a bit frothy – be sure to keep it that way!16 ounce angel food cake mix, 20 ounce crushed pineapple, 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
- Pour batter into prepared pan in an even layer.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until the top and edges are slightly golden brown and a tester or toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool completely, then cut into squares. Top with whipped topping, cool whip, ice cream or lightly dust with powdered sugar.
