Paul Newman Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. yellow cake mix
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple
3/4 c. sugar
Cool Whip
2 (3 1/2 oz.) pkg. instant vanilla pudding
3 c. milk
3/4 c. flaked coconut, toasted

Preparation

In a 13 x 9-inch pan, bake cake according to package directions.
Meanwhile, in medium saucepan, combine pineapple and 3/4 cup sugar.
Cook over medium heat until thick and syrupy (20 minutes).
When cake is done, remove from oven and pierce with fork at 1-inch intervals.
Pour on pineapple mixture and spread over cake; cool completely.
Mix the pudding mix and milk; spread over cooled cake.
Spread Cool Whip over pudding and sprinkle coconut on top.
May garnish top with Thank You Brand cherry pie filling, leaving off coconut.