My Favorite Pineapple Poke Bundt Cake

Pineapple Poke Bundt Cake:

20 ounces crushed pineapple(reserve juice divided)

Yellow cake mix

3.4 ounces instant vanilla pudding

3/4 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

2 tablespoons vanilla (divided) 

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon butter, melted

Glaze:

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon milk

1/4 teaspoon milk

Instructions:

*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 12 cup bundt pan generously with nonstick cooking spray. 

*Drain pineapple juice from the tidbits. Hopefully you can get about 1 cup of pineapple juice from it

*Beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, eggs, vegetable oil, and 3/4 cup of pineapple juice in a large bowl with an electric mixer for 2 minutes. Mix 1 tablespoon of vanilla into the cake batter. Fold in crushed pineapple. Pour into prepared pan.

*Bake 40 to 42 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

*Combine remaining pineapple juice, 1 tablespoon vanilla, powdered sugar and melted butter in a small bowl while cake is baking.

*Remove cake from the oven and set on wire rack or dish towel to cool in pan. Right after removing it from the oven poke holes in the with a skewer at 1/2 inch intervals while still hot and in pan. Pour soaking mixture over cake so it will go into the holes. I used a big spoon and drizzled it over all the holes. Allow to cool in pain for about 40 minutes. Then invert cake onto a serving platter and remove pan. Cool completely.

*For glaze. Beat glaze ingredients together until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake.

I'm telling you this cake is a slice of heaven!!

Now hurry to the kitchen and get to baking...

Try not to eat the whole cake at once, and if you do! There will be no judging! hehe

                                                                            Enjoy,
                                                  Laurie

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Welcome! I'm Laurie and I'm so excited to have you here and to introduce you to The Velvet Boxwood. When I created The Velvet Boxwood, I wanted this to be a place where I share my passion for what I do and love so dearly. So please come on in and stay a while....

From the moment I can remember I have been around flowers. My Mother and Aunt owned a beautiful floral and design store. While I was growing up, I pretty much spent every waking hour there with them and if I wasn't awake, I was asleep in my playroom that they had for me there. Years later we moved and my mom decided to open a garden center. It was simply amazing!! Her business took off the minute it opened and she asked me to join her and I did. However, I knew NOTHING about plants and I murdered every plant and flower I came in contact with(even silk ones). Somewhere in between  being asked if we carried steaks and me sending them to the local butcher (not knowing they meant ground steaks) or assuring one farmer we were going to be carrying beet trees(seriously I knew nothing). Through all my horrible mistakes, my mom still had faith in me and suddenly I started learning......

I found very quickly I loved flowers. So with that we expanded the business and became a full time floral and design store along with the garden. It was amazing!!

As the years passed, our business grew and so did my passion. I started finding out what things made my heart pitter patter and skip a beat. I realized I loved everything about the south. I mean hello I'm southerner for crying out loud, but it was deeper then that. I started realizing how beautiful the lush landscapes were. How much I loved my evenings sipping tea on the front porch and sometimes beating myself crazy because of the mosquitoes(they're the state bird here if you didn't know). In the midst of finding my passion for the south and embracing it, I realized I had an extreme crush on all things European and it grew like wild fire...

        So I decided that I wanted to combine the things I love and share them with you. I hope you join me on this path and we can become friends along the way and who knows maybe even work together...