# Mini Pineapple Cakes

These mini pineapple cakes are an easy tropical treat with rum flavor and coconut.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- plate
- muffin tin
- bowl
- scoop
- oven
- cutting 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.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1316134227023855
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5989d207-4642-4895-bee9-195d320af95d
- Extracted: 2026-07-02

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