I hope you enjoy this old fashioned recipe. I can tell you that if you love pineapple, you will enjoy it. It is especially good with baked ham. A plus will be the leftovers of ham sandwiches and cold pineapple cake. Delicious!
Ingredients:
3 cups self rising flour
2 sticks butter
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla flavoring
few drops of yellow food coloring (optional)
** Important: Reserve 1/2 cup cake batter, set aside
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and beat well. Add flour alternately with milk. Mix well. Add vanilla, and yellow food coloring, mix well. **Take out 1/2 cup of cake batter to be used in frosting.
Grease and flour 3- 9 inch round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool and frost.
Frosting
1 large can crushed pineapple (sweetened)
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
Put pineapple, sugar and butter in a pot and let come to a good boil. Add 1/2 cup of batter and stir until thick and glossy. ** Cool before frosting.
**Note** If you wants lots of Pineapple Frosting Double this recipe.
This cake has to be stored covered in some manner in the refrigerator.
Enjoy
