Easy tropical sheet cake (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ Cake
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Cooking spray
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 ½ cups white sugar
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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½ teaspoon kosher salt
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2 large eggs
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1 (20-ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
→ Frosting
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1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
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½ cup unsalted butter, softened
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1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
# Instructions:
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Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-baking dish with cooking spray.
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Mix flour, white sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl and make a well in the center.
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Add eggs, crushed pineapple with juice, and vanilla; whisk until well-combined.
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Pour into the prepared baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven until top is deeply browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
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Let cake cool in the dish on a wire rack, 1 to 2 hours.
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To make the frosting: Combine cream cheese and butter for frosting in a mixing bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth, about 1 minute.
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Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until creamy, about 1 or 2 minutes more.
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Spread frosting on cooled cake. Serve and enjoy!
# Notes:
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This cake is especially moist thanks to the crushed pineapple and its juice in the batter.
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Make sure the cake is completely cool before frosting to prevent the cream cheese frosting from melting.