Slow Cooker Coconut Pineapple Spoon Cake is heaven in a bowl. All the tropical flavors in one dessert here!
Warm desserts are the best! Spoon cake is a must in the slow cooker, we also make German Chocolate Spoon Cake and Pumpkin Spoon Cake.
This cake such a great flavor combination. Have you ever had pineapple fluff? It’s a mixture of pineapple, coconut, marshmallows and whipped cream. Well, that is what this cake tastes like to me!
How to make Pineapple Coconut Spoon Cake:
To make this cake and glaze you will need a 20 ounce can of crushed pineapple. Read the directions carefully below in my recipe and don’t throw away any of the pineapple or juices. Part of the pineapple and juices go into the sweet buttery glaze that gets put on the cake at the end of the cooking time.
For the cake:
- Cake Mix – I use Pillsbury Yellow Cake Mix
- Crushed Pineapple – Makes the cake extra moist and I save the juices for the glaze
- Salted Butter – I learned this trick from Paula Dean to use butter in place of oil in cake mix recipes, this is life-changing!
- Coconut – No need to toast this, just toss it in.
- Pecans – Adding these add texture to the cake
- Water
- Eggs
For the glaze:
The glaze is a warm buttery topping made from powdered sugar, pineapple juice, melted butter, coconut, and pecans. It soaks into the cake and is drool-worthy.
You can’t tell from the pictures, but this cake sets up very well. The glaze makes it look like it hasn’t but rest assured there is cake texture under all that glaze. You can watch the video to see what the cake looks like inside.
Can I take this out of the slow cooker in one piece and put on a platter?
This cake is too gooey to be taken out of the slow cooker unless it was refrigerated. I recommend serving this warm right out of the slow cooker.
Can I make this in the oven instead?
Yes! Bake as directed on the box for the size of the cake pan you are using. Add the glaze on top of the cake when the cake is hot out of the oven.
My other favorite warm Dessert Recipes:
- Slow Cooker White Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake
- Slow Cooker Gluten Free Cranberry Peach Cobbler
- Slow Cooker Chocolate Lave Cake
- Slow Cooker Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
- Slow Cooker Candy Bar Fondue
- Slow Cooker Crustless Pumpkin Pie
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Slow Cooker Pineapple Coconut Spoon Cake
Equipment Needed:
- Slow Cooker- 6 quart or larger-oval
Ingredients:
For the cake
- 15.25 oz yellow cake mix
- 1 cup water
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick); melted
- 20 oz crushed pineapple divided; 1 cup drained; save all the juices and remaining pineapple for the glaze
- 1 cup coconut
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
For the glaze:
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- reserved crush pineapple measures out to be about a cup
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 1/2 cup coconut
- 1/4 cup pecans chopped
Instructions:
- Add the cake ingredients into a large bowl and whisk until the batter just comes together, do not over mix, some little lumps of cake mix are fine.
- Spray the slow cooker with non-stick spray and add the batter to the slow cooker. Smooth out the batter with a spatula.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 2 hours, keep the lid on THE ENTIRE TIME.
- When the cooking time is done, turn off the slow cooker.
Glaze
- Add the powdered sugar, remaining pineapple, melted butter, coconut and chopped pecans to a bowl.
- Whisk until a sauce forms.
- Pour this mixture over the warm cake.
- Let the cake sit for 5 minutes with the glaze on top, covered.
- Spoon out servings into bowls and serve with whipped cream if desired.
WILL THIS RECIPE WORK WITH A SUGAR FREE CAKE MIX AND NO SUGAR ADDED PINEAPPLE?
Can’t say without testing it. If you do try it follow the amounts on the back of the box for they may be different from a regular mix.
We made it without pecans, it was very good but a little to sweet and too much pineapple for us. I think we will make it again just with less topping
Great cake
Does this work in a 9×13 pan? Do you need to double the glaze?
No one has said how this works and 9 x 13 crockpot
On my crock pot 4 hours is high. There isn’t a 2 hour setting. Should I still only do 2 hours or should I leave it in for the full 4 hours?
If I omit the pineapple due to allergies, would I need to add additional liquid to the recipe?
yes, use water.
I just made this!.. followed the recipe exactly the way it’s typed! set the cooker for 2 hours… the cake was done complete.. IT was really good! its a keeper!
Followed the recipe as well, and it took longer than 2 hours to cook
My glaze was really soupy so I strained some juice off, but it still doesn’t look right. Is this supposed to thicken or soak into the finished cake?
It will soak into the cake
This looks AMAZING! Brilliant idea!
Thanks Mandy!
Is there a way to make this Vegan?
Question – is this made using fresh flake coconut or the sweetened flake coconut from the baking aisle?
I used the sweetened flake from the baking aisle
Maybe the posters who had trouble with the batter setting didn’t take enough time to get all the moisture out of the pineapple that went into it. Mine is turning out great, can’t wait to share it with friends!
So great to hear Emily!
Any idea how this would work with a gluten free cake mix? The boxes come with one layer, so I imagine I’d have to use two boxes. Anybody tried it? This cake looks delicious!
I cooked accordingly, never took the lid off and it took 3 1/2 hours to cook completely. I used the same type slow cooker as yours, I followed the recipe exactly. After the 3 1/2 hours my husband was ready to drink it if he had to, fortunately I only had to remove about 2 serving spoons full of batter. We enjoyed it very much, but next time it’s going into the oven. Thanks for sharing.
I have a 4 quart slow cooker. Is there a way to adjust the recipe to work in the smaller size?
Hi Mary! I’m unsure how to adapt it, I like the oblong slow cooker for this recipe to insure the center gets cooked.
I have one of those cake pan sized slow cookers (Rival, I think!) and I’m going to see how this cake works in it! No idea how much time, but I’m thinking maybe a little less than two hours. Wish me luck!
How did this turn out?
I don’t have a 6-quart crock pot. Any idea on how long it would take to do this in the oven?
The same amount of time that the box says for the size cake pans you are using 🙂
I made this last night. After 2 hours and adding the glaze it was not even close to being done. The center was still complete liquid. I scooped out the middle and let it cook on low for about another hour. Still not fully cooked. The part that was cooked tasted good but I think this might be better done in an oven.
I wouldn’t of opened the lid if it didn’t look set, that adds a ton more time. Also did you open the lid even once during the cooking time? That would effect it also.
I didn’t open the lid. Cooked it on high just over 2 hours on high. Followed the recipe exactly. It just didn’t turn out fo me. No worries. Still tasted good.
Darn! I’m glad it still tasted good though!
All of my favorite flavors in one cake…this is a must make! What kind of cake mix did you use? White? Yellow? (It looks like yellow.) Cake with pudding in the mix? I am anticipating my indecisiveness in the cake mix aisle at the store. 😉
Yellow! I’ll add that to the recipe.
Thank you, Sarah!
Love your Pineapple slow cooker cake. It was a big hit at my party.
I would like to double the recipe. Can you send me the recipe or directions
how I can do this.
Hi Dee! I’m unsure how it would do being doubled. I’m worried it wouldn’t get set in the middle.
Thank you for your prompt reply.
I will just make it into two separate slow cookers.
Would this work in the 13 x 9 crockpot??