Coconut-Pineapple Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. each: vegetable oil and buttermilk
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. sugar
1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained
3 c. coconut, divided
Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch pan. Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
In separate bowl, whisk together oil, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla.
Stir in sugar, pineapple and 1 1/2 cups coconut; mix well.
Stir in flour mixture.
Pour into prepared pan.
Bake on center oven rack 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack.
Meanwhile, toast remaining coconut on cookie sheet in oven for 3 to 5 minutes until golden.