Sunshine Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. cake mix or made from scratch
1 (No. 2) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding
1 c. coconut
2 c. Cool Whip
maraschino cherries (if desired)
1/2 c. chopped nuts (if desired)

Preparation

Bake cake in a 9 x 13-inch pan according to directions. Soften cream cheese.
Mix pudding according to directions.
Beat cheese and pudding together. Stir in pineapple and 1/2 cup coconut. Spread mixture over cooled cake.
Spread Cool Whip over all. Sprinkle the rest of coconut over all.
Decorate with the cherries and nuts.