Take your taste buds on a tropical vacation with these Hawaiian Pineapple Cake Muffins! Soft, moist, and bursting with juicy pineapple flavor, each bite is a little piece of paradise. Lightly spiced and perfectly sweet, these muffins are enriched with coconut and optional nuts for extra texture and island flair.
Whether enjoyed as a breakfast treat, snack, or dessert, they’re sunshine in muffin form — simple to make, and impossible to resist!
Hawaiian Pineapple Cake Muffins
Moist, fluffy, and bursting with sunshine in every bite!
Ingredients:
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil (or melted butter)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup crushed pineapple (with juice)
- ½ cup shredded coconut (optional)
- ½ cup chopped nuts (macadamia or walnuts – optional)
- ½ tsp cinnamon (optional, for warmth)
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners or grease lightly.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- In another bowl, beat the eggs, oil, and vanilla extract.
