Granny Poke Cake
A delicious, moist cake that's made juicy using pineapple. So easy to make. Gotta love the icing that falls all into the holes of the cake.
Equipment
- large mixing bowl
- 9 x 13 baking dish
- small sauce pan
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 (20oz) can crushed pineapple along with the juice
- 1/4-1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
ICING
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together dry ingredients; 2 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1/2 tsp salt.
- Add in eggs and pineapple along with the juice of the pineapple into the flour mix. Beat or mix with stand mixer, hand held mixer or with a wooden spoon until all ingredients are well combined.
- Pour batter into prepared baking dish. Bake for 35-45 minutes until done. Cake should pull away from sides of dish, be golden brown, and a toothpick inserted in middle of cake should come out clean.
- In a small sauce pan melt butter over medium high heat, add evaporated milk and 1/2 cup of sugar. Stir for 1 minute as mixture is at a simmer or light boil. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.
- Take a toothpick and poke lots of holes all over the hot cake. Pour the hot icing mixture all over the cake pushing into the holes.
- Allow cake to cool completely on the counter before serving. Enjoy.