HAWAIIAN WEDDING CAKE

This  Hawaiian wedding cake is a must-try, The recipe is incredibly easy and straight forward. you can serve it with or without the cream cheese frosting!. But I strongly recommend that you try it with the frosting first. It really does make it quite special.
The recipe is easy enough for even young children to make, so have your kids help you out whenever they are craving some chocolate. Scroll down and go to next page to print the recipe. You won’t believe how incredibly easy and straight forward it is. And I promise everyone is going to love it.
So far this week has been uneventful. We are trying to transition school assignments from one grade to the next. Not a lot of excitement, just a  relaxing pace here! ?
A few years ago I made this Hawaiian wedding cake for my husband and he really enjoyed it. I kind of forgot about it until the other day when I found it in my recipes. I tweaked the recipe a little to bring out the natural flavors and added a cream cheese frosting made with whipping cream.

Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp baking soda
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup coconut
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple with juice
Mix all ingredients and pour into greased 13 x 9” pan. Bake at 350 F degrees for 40-45 minutes. Cool.
HAWAIIAN WEDDING CAKE FROSTING:
How to make it

1 (8 oz.) pkg cream cheese
1 1/2 cup powdered (icing) sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 tsp vanilla
Blend well. Frost cooled cake. Garnish with chopped nuts, coconut or chopped fruit, if desired.
Commentary suggestions:
1 tsp coconut extract in the cake
1/2 tsp coconut extract in the frosting
So moist, and as Hawaiian as your creative juices will allow.
Zamrix