Margaret's Swedish Pineapple Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour, unsifted
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 2 eggs
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 8 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2/3 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 grease and dust with flour 9 x 13 cake pan.
• 3 combine butter and sugar until light and fluffy. add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
• 4 add pineapple, baking soda and 1 teaspoons vanilla, and 1/2 cup chopped pecans, then stir in flour.
• 5 pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 6 after cake has cooled completely, combine remaining ingredients for frosting, beating until smooth. make sure cake is cool before frosting.