Heavenly Dream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 butter or plain cake mix
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple (do not drain)
1 c. white sugar
1 large vanilla instant pudding mix
2 or 3 bananas, sliced
1 c. chopped nuts (pecans or almonds)
1 pkg. frozen coconut
1/2 c. maraschino cherries, chopped
1 oz. carton Cool Whip, divided in 1/2

Preparation

Bake cake mix according to directions in a 9 x 13-inch cake pan.
Boil sugar and pineapple for 5 minutes.
Pour the mixture over hot baked cake that has been pierced with a fork.
Let cake and pineapple mixture cool.
Mix dry pudding mixture with 1/2 Cool Whip and pour over cake.
Add bananas and cover with remaining Cool Whip.
Sprinkle coconut over bananas and top with chopped nuts and cherries.