Elvis Presley Cake

Course Cake, Dessert

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword elvis-presley-cake-recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Cooling Time 2

Total Time 2 40

Servings servings

Calories 547kcal

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spread the pecans on a sheet pan in a single layer. Toast for 6-8 minutes or just until fragrant and lightly golden. Set aside to cool.
Cake: Spray a 13x9-inch cake pan with baking spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl use an electric mixer on medium-high speed to beat together the cake mix, pudding mix, flour, buttermilk, butter and eggs until fully combine. Pour evenly into pan.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or just until a toothpick inserted into the center comes back clean. Use a fork to poke holes all over the cake. (Be generous.) Let cool slightly while you make the pineapple.
Meanwhile, bring pineapple with juices and 1/2 cup sugar to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring occasionally. Boil just until the sugar is fully dissolved, about 2 minutes.
Spoon pineapple mixture evenly over the cake. Let the cake cool completely in the pan.
Frosting: In a a large bowl use an electric mixer to cream together the cream cheese and butter.
Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla, beating to combine
Frost the top of the cooled cake and sprinkle with toasted pecans.
Chill thoroughly until serving garnished with maraschino cherries, if desired.

- Frosting: You can frost the top of the cake with whipped cream in place of cream cheese icing. You can use 4 cups of fresh whipped cream or use 16 ounces of frozen whipped topping i.e. Cool Whip or similar.

- Cake Mix Flavors: You can use a butter cake mix, white cake mix, pineapple cake mix or a yellow cake mix. Regardless, you still need to add the flour to expand the amount of batter.

- How to Make Homemade Buttermilk: To make your own buttermilk, to each one cup of whole milk add 1 Tbsp of lemon juice or white vinegar. Allow the milk to stand for 5-10 minutes then stir and proceed with the recipe.

- Homemade Yellow Cake: If you'd like to make your own cake from scratch, you can! Checkout my recipe for Old Fashioned Butter Cake here.