Elvis Presley Cake
Rock your taste buds with Elvis Presley Cake, a sweet treat with pineapple, cream cheese icing, coconut and pecans fit for the King. Try it today.
Ingredients
- 1 box 18 oz yellow cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 1 box 16 oz powdered sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 package 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 can 14 oz crushed pineapple in syrup
- Chopped pecans optional
- - 12 oz semi-sweet coconut
Instructions
- Preheat the oven as per the yellow cake mix package instructions and prepare a 9x13 pan accordingly.
- In a small saucepan, combine the crushed pineapple (with syrup) and 1 cup of sugar. Cook over medium heat, avoiding browning the pineapple.
- In another saucepan, melt the cream cheese with 1/2 box of powdered sugar until smooth like icing. Adjust thickness with more powdered sugar if needed.
- Once the cake is baked, poke holes all over it using the handle of a wooden spoon.
- Pour the warm pineapple mixture over the cake, letting it soak into the holes.
- Drizzle the cream cheese icing over the cake.
- Optionally, top with chopped pecans and sprinkle with semi-sweet coconut.
- Allow the cake to cool before serving.