Granny Cake
This Granny Cake is a recipe passed down through our family for years. It's so simple to assemble in 10 minutes with no fancy equipment. We know it will become your new favorite dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cupsgranulated sugar
- 2 cupsall purpose flour
- 1 teaspoonbaking soda
- ½ teaspoonsalt
- 2 largeeggs
- 20 ouncecan undrained crushed pineapples
- 1 cuppacked brown sugar
- 1 cupchopped pecans
- 1 cupevaporated milk
- ½ cupgranulated sugar
- ½ cupsalted butter
- 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
- topping options: vanilla ice cream, whipped topping, or fresh whipped cream
Directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a a 13x9-inch baking dish with nonstick spray or butter.
- 2
Whisk together granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- 3
Add eggs and crushed pineapple and mix again until smooth.
- 4
Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and spread evenly. Sprinkle evenly the pecans and brown sugar over the top.
- 5
Bake 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.
- 6
When 10 minutes remains on the bake time, make the topping. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine evaporated milk, granulated sugar, and salted butter. Bring to a gentle boil, boil 1 minute, then turn off the heat and carefully stir in vanilla extract.
- 7
Once the cake is done, pour the icing over the cake while it's still warm. Cool slightly or completely before serving. Add toppings if desired.