Tropical Fruit Party Cake

By dawn716

Ingredients

• Pillsbury® Baking Spray with Flour
• 1 package Pillsbury® Moist Supreme® Classic Yellow Premium Cake Mix
• 1/3 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract
• 4 large eggs
• 1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple in juice, well drained, reserving juice
• 1 (16 oz.) can Pillsbury® Creamy Supreme® Vanilla Flavored Frosting
• 1 cup flaked coconut, toasted if desired
• 3 large red gumdrops (optional)
• 3 small yellow gumdrops (optional)
• 3 small green gumdrops (optional)

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 100mins
Adapted from pillsburybaking.com

Preparation

Step 1

HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray a 13 x 9-inch pan with baking spray. Line bottom of pan with waxed paper; lightly spray waxed paper.

DRAIN pineapple well, reserving juice. Add water to reserved juice to measure 3/4 cup. Combine all cake ingredients in large bowl; beat at low speed until moistened. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.

BAKE 32 to 38 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Invert cake onto wire rack; remove waxed paper. Cool 30 minutes or until completely cooled.

PLACE cake carefully on large serving platter. Frost sides and top of cake. Sprinkle with coconut. Prepare gumdrop flowers as directed below. Arrange gumdrop flowers and leaves on top of cake.