Gooey Coconut Pineapple Butter Cake

mightyro_cooking4u's Note:

This is spinoff of Paula Deen's Gooey Butter Cake. This is very rich and a little goes a long way. I have had her gooey cake from QVC and it is very good. You can't eat much.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 20 squares

Cake

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter

Filling

• 8 ounces softened cream cheese
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 20 ounces crushed pineapple, drained

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan.
2. For the cake: In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well. Pat into bottom of prepared pan and set aside.
3. For filling: Still using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Dump in confectioners' sugar and beat well. Reduce the speed and slowly pour in butter. Mix well. Fold in coconut and pineapple.
4. Pour filling onto cake mixture and spread evenly. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes.
5. Don't be afraid to make a judgement call on the cooking time, because oven temperatures can vary. You want the center to be a little gooey, so don't bake it past that point.
6. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely. Cut into squares.

Reviews

[microdogdi]

Yummy! I've made this one time and had three people request the recipe. Only change I made was I didn't have vanilla extract, so I used almond extract.

[Chef WILMA in CAPE CORAL, FL]

I have made several variations of the gooey butter cake and this was one of my favorites. I love to cook for others and they love to eat my cooking :~).

[barbacious]

The pineapple and coconut were good additions to gooey butter cake. I will make this again.