Better Than Anything Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 Duncan Hines Butter Recipe cake mix
1 (No. 2) can crushed pineapple
1 large box vanilla instant pudding
1 large container Cool Whip
1 c. coconut
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1 c. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Prepare cake mix and bake in a 9 x 13-inch prepared pan at temperature recommended on box.
Bring crushed pineapple with juice and sugar to a boil.
Cool pineapple mixture completely. Prepare pudding as directed on box for pie filling; add vanilla and let it cool.
Stir pudding mixture while cooling.
When cake is done, remove from oven and make holes in top, using a fork. Spoon pineapple over cake and let cool.
Spread pudding mixture over cake.
Put Cool Whip on top of pudding.
Top with coconut and 1/2 cup pecans.