Coonhunter’s Cake – Pineapple Dump Cake

Coonhunters Cake or Pineapple Dump Cake

Whatever you call it, it is a good, quick and easy cake to make. No box-cake mix needed, just a few pantry staples and fresh eggs. You probably already have all or most of the ingredients to make this coonhunter’s cake.

I must say that this recipe is adapted from a dear woman who has since passed, Sandy Cox. She always made this when we had a carry-in dinner at our Southern Ohio Coon Hunters Club, hence the name. She was a wonderful woman who was taken way too soon, and we think of her every time we have this cake. Thanks to Mandi Corbin for passing on the recipe to me.

Please note that I have given 2 recipes here that are for different sized pans, with the icing being the same for both sizes of cakes.(if you make nothing but the icing below, it will change your life if you’ve never made your own icing before)

Here is the ingredient list for the coonhunters cake:
2 eggs
2 Cups flour
2 Cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 large can crushed pineapple with juice

If you want this cake to fill a standard cake pan like this one, the recipe can be added to in order to accommodate it.

 

Make Coonhunters Cake Round

I recently made this original recipe in a springform pan. See the recipe ingredients and amounts below these pictures of my latest Coonhunters cake.

Here is the ingredient list for the coonhunters cake:
2 eggs
2 Cups flour
2 Cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 large can crushed pineapple with juice

Place mixed ingredients into a nonstick springform pan and bake until done in the center. The one pictured above could have cooked a bit longer, but that didn’t keep us from eating it!

Here is the kind of pan I mean:

Be sure to choose the size pan that will fit on the size of cake stand you have. I got my cake stand at the Thrift store, but you can find them on Amazon as well. See the one below here.