Punch Bowl Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cake layers (cake mix or from recipe to follow)
1 large pkg. vanilla instant pudding (mix according to directions on box plus 1/2 cup milk)
1 large can cherry or strawberry pie filling
1 cup chopped nuts
1 large cool whip
1 large can crushed pineapple, drained

Preparation

Crumble 1 cake layer into bottom of punch bowl.
Layer 1/2 of all ingredients on crumbled cake.
Repeat with second layer. Optional:
garnish with sliced bananas (soaked in pineapple juice) and maraschino cherries.