Sheet Pan Pineapple Cake

Submitted by gwynn

"This recipe came from my SIL's church cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9

ingredients

• 9 ounces yellow cake mix (Jiffy brand)
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 3 1⁄2 ounces instant vanilla pudding
• 2 cups milk
• 2 (8 ounce) cans crushed pineapple, drained
• 8 ounces Cool Whip Topping
• nuts, on top as desired

directions

1. Mix cake as directed on package and bake in greased 9x11 glass dish until done.
2. Watch carefully not to overcook because it will be thinner than usual.
3. Let cool.
4. Mix together cream cheese, vanilla pudding, and milk.
5. Pour over cake in the glass dish.
6. Layer pineapple, Cool Whip and nuts. Refrigerate. .

Reviews

[pigsrawesome1]

I love this cake recipe. I thought it was great. Take the suggestions from others don below with the cream cheese and pudding. it really helped. Thanks guys! (????)? ?•?•?

 

[greenlove00]

This is delicious. I never knew it was called Better Than Sex, but it's fitting. I've always had problems with the cream cheese lumping up too. This time I waited until it was completely room temperature, but it still created lumps when it came into contact with the cold pudding. I actually think this time it was too warm compared to the pudding. So the last time I made it, I sort of tempered it by creaming the cheese until smooth then added the pudding by whisk a little at a time. That worked for me and I'll do that from now on.

 

[quirkycook]

In my family, this recipe is called Better Than Sex Cake. It's a really great dessert that's a nice change of pace. We like it best if it's made the day before and has a chance to set in the fridge overnight. I finish it with toasted coconut on the top.

 

[diner524]

I picked this cake to make for the cake-a-thon for ChefIAm. This is very similar to a cake my mother used to make years ago. I think my mother's recipe just used the pudding without the added cream cheese. The cream cheese is where I had the problem, it separated from the pudding mixture while mixing it all together. I would change directions to say, soften cream cheese to room temperature, mix pudding and two cups milk, then fold in soften cream cheese. This is a delicious, not too sweet, moist cake. Will definitely be making this again with the above recommended changes.

 

[Nay829v]

Been making this cake for years. Make sure cream cheese is fully room temperature. And pudding mix only to the cream cheese then beat well with hand mixer. Then add milk and beat well again. You may have some tiny lumps but they taste great. Sometimes we change it up and use cherry pie filling instead of pineapple. Other times we use banana pudding and sliced bananas. The cool whip layer keeps bananas from turning black.