Bayou Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (15 ounce) can crushed pineapple
• 1/2 cup melted butter (1/4 lb)
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup evaporated milk (not condensed)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts

Recipe

• 1 beat sugar into eggs.
• 2 add flour through salt and blend thoroughly.
• 3 stir in pineapple.
• 4 pour into greased 13 x 9-inch metal baking pan.
• 5 bake at 350° about 30-35 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• 6 meanwhile, combine butter through milk in a small saucepan.
• 7 bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer about 10 min until sugar is dissolved and sauce is thickened.
• 8 remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• 9 stir in coconut and nuts.
• 10 as soon as cake comes out of oven, spread coconut mixture over the top.
• 11 let cool completely before slicing and serving.