Right Side Up Pineapple Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 box yellow cake mix, prepared as directed using
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 (5 1/4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding, prepared as directed using
• 2 cups milk
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 -3 medium bananas, sliced (optional)
• 1 (1 ounce) container cool whip, thawed
• 1/4-1/2 cup pecan pieces
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 24 maraschino cherries, halves

Recipe

• 1 bake cake according to pkg. directions in a 13x9 pan.
• 2 in a small saucepan combine the undrained pineapple and brown sugar over medium-high heat.
• 3 boil for 5 minutes, reducing heat if necessary--do not let sugar mixture burn--stirring constantly.
• 4 pour this mixture over warm cake and let cool.
• 5 meanwhile, prepare the instant pudding per pkg.
• 6 directions with the 2 cups of milk; add the softened cream cheese to the prepared pudding and blend well.
• 7 pour this over top of cooled cake.
• 8 evenly place banana slices over the top of the cake, if desired.
• 9 top with cool whip, covering bananas completely.
• 10 sprinkle with pecans then sprinkle with coconut.
• 11 decorate with maraschino cherries.
• 12 refrigerate any leftover cake.