Mini Pineapple Cakes

Name: Mini Pineapple Cakes
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: no sugar added pineapple rings; pure cane sugar; sweetened coconut flakes; maraschino cherries rinsed; 10 oz crushed pineapple with juice; 4 eggs; imitation rum; 1.5 cup shredded sweetened coconut; 1 plain vanilla cake mix

20m

Serves 1

facebook.com

Mini Pineapple Cakes

facebook.com

20m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add pure cane sugar and sweetened coconut flakes in a plate and mix to combine.
2Drop no-sugar-added pineapple rings into the coconut-sugar mixture to coat them.
3Place the coated pineapple rings in the bottom of a muffin tin.
4Add rinsed maraschino cherries on top of the pineapple rings in the muffin tin.
5In a bowl, add about half of a 20 oz can of crushed pineapple with its juice.
6Add four eggs to the bowl with the crushed pineapple.
7Pour in some imitation rum (or regular rum if preferred).
8Add about a cup and a half of shredded sweetened coconut to the mixture.
9Mix all ingredients in the bowl until well combined.
10Add a plain vanilla cake mix to the bowl and mix everything together.
11Scoop the cake mixture into the muffin tin, filling the holes on top of the pineapple rings and cherries.
12Bake in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes.
13Let the mini pineapple cakes cool, then flip them onto a cutting board.

Ingredients

no sugar added pineapple rings
pure cane sugar
sweetened coconut flakes
maraschino cherries rinsed
10 oz crushed pineapple with juice
4 eggs
imitation rum
1.5 cup shredded sweetened coconut
1 plain vanilla cake mix

Equipment

platemuffin tinbowlscoopovencutting board

Tips

You can use regular rum instead of imitation rum.
You can use a spice cake mix or any kind of cake mix you like.
You can soak pineapple rings in rum or bourbon before adding them.
You can use brown sugar when coating pineapple rings with shredded coconut.

Mini Pineapple Cakes

20m

Serves 1

facebook.com

Mini Pineapple Cakes

facebook.com

20m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add pure cane sugar and sweetened coconut flakes in a plate and mix to combine.
2Drop no-sugar-added pineapple rings into the coconut-sugar mixture to coat them.
3Place the coated pineapple rings in the bottom of a muffin tin.
4Add rinsed maraschino cherries on top of the pineapple rings in the muffin tin.
5In a bowl, add about half of a 20 oz can of crushed pineapple with its juice.
6Add four eggs to the bowl with the crushed pineapple.
7Pour in some imitation rum (or regular rum if preferred).
8Add about a cup and a half of shredded sweetened coconut to the mixture.
9Mix all ingredients in the bowl until well combined.
10Add a plain vanilla cake mix to the bowl and mix everything together.
11Scoop the cake mixture into the muffin tin, filling the holes on top of the pineapple rings and cherries.
12Bake in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes.
13Let the mini pineapple cakes cool, then flip them onto a cutting board.