You can’t have a party without cake—but if you’re throwing an aloha-themed bash, you’ll need a cake that is as fun and beautiful as the Hawaiian Islands!

Impress all your luau guests with this pink pineapple cake topped with—you guessed it—a real pineapple stem!

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Spray three 8-inch cake pans with nonstick cooking spray, and lightly dust with flour. Set aside.
3. Prepare the cake batter by combining the mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs. Beat on medium for about 2 minutes, and then distribute the batter evenly between three small, round cake pans.
4. Bake as directed on the box. In the meantime, pour the containers of vanilla icing into a mixing bowl, and add in four drops of red food coloring. Mix the icing until it’s pink. Spoon some of the icing into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
5. When the cakes have finished baking and cooling, place a small circle of icing onto a cake serving tray to secure the cake, and place one of the cakes in the center. Ice the top of the cake, and place a second cake on top. Repeat these steps with the third cake.
6. Secure the stack of cakes by placing one hand on top, and, using a serrated bread knife, cut the cake into a pineapple shape by shaving off the edges and top. Use a small spatula to fully ice the cake.
7. With the piping bag and star tip, go around the cake to create the pineapple’s “rough” skin.
8. Cut the top off of a fresh pineapple, and place in the center of the top of the cake.