Friday, December 19, 2008

Pine Apple cake

Oh man !!.Now I love baking cake ,once I captured the skill!!.Yes,I baked cake but this Pineapple Cake is exotic flavor!! Play around the ingredient a bit, mix and match the flavor and it's turn out really good!!The texture and moistness of this cake is better than the previous one!.Hubby like cake with some icing,so I use/tried some butter icing . My hubby& my kids loved the cake. This Pineapple Cake is a delight for me!.

Pineapple cake

Ingredients:

For the cake:

1 cup -crushed pineapple with juice (NOT syrup)

1-1/2 cups- plain flour

1/2 cup -white sugar(add a little sugar if you think it isn't sweet enough).

2tsp- baking soda

1tsp -baking powder

1/4 cup- Unsalted Butter

Cornflour - 2 tbs (makes the cake texture lighter)

2 tbsp demerara sugar (or use brown sugar)

Vanilla Essence- - 1 tsp

Pineapple Essence- - 1 tsp


Filling/Topping:

Cream - 400ml

Icing Sugar - 3-4 Tbsp

Pineapple Essence - 1 tsp

Pineapple Bits -1 cup of chopped bits


Method:

1. Sift the flour + baking powder + salt + corn flour. Then Beat the butter and sugar well with beater till very thick.

2. Gently fold in the sifted flour; mix lightly so that air doesnt escape

3. In a large bowl, mix all the cake ingredients together (except the demerara/brown sugar) until the flour is incorporated. The batter will be quite thick.

4. Add vanilla essence + pineapple essence and beat for 1 min.

5. Scrape batter into a greased 6" round cake pan. Even it out with the back of a wetted spoon.

6. Then sprinkle the brown sugar over the top. Preheat oven Bake at 180C.

7. Turn gently into tin and bake for 30-35mins till done or till the cake tests done and has pulled away slightly from the sides.

Topping:

8. Chop the pineapple bits into tiny pieces,and reserve some bigger bits for the topping.

9. Whip 400ml whipping cream with 4tbs pwdrd sugar +1 tsp pineapple essence until thick and holds peaks.

10. Take about 1/4 a cup of cream(approx 4-5 tbsp), and colour it with yellow food colour.

11. Spread the remaining cream over the top and sides of the cake.

12 . Pipe a border with the colored cream. Chill well before serving.



I made this Christmas Greeting card and Christmas wishes .From google image i took different pictures and i made this card & wishes in my own idea. Hope u all will like it:)

This is my entry for Purva's Christmas Feast Event.&
Vandana Rajesh's Baking For Beginners

17 comments:

Usha said...

Pineapple cake looks really delicious,loved the frosting and presentation...

Purva Desai said...

Pineapple cake looks rich, fruity and soft and loved the icing...
The card is neat too, thank you for the lovely entry....

Uma said...

wow, lovely cake! pretty decoration! So soft and yummy! Christmas card is such a nice creation! Great job!

Unknown said...

wow.. super.. kalakunga.. looks tempting & fantastic...

vidhas said...

Delicious cake, nice persentation. Send me a piece jaishree.

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

gosh! what a pretty cake? i wanna grab it right away..

Unknown said...

wooooooooow looks so yummy and color ful nice texture perfect

Vidhya said...

cake looks delicious Jaishree.

Priya Suresh said...

Lovely frosting n cute presentation...looks delicious...

Gita Jaishankar said...

They look so delicious Jayashree, can I have slice of that cake :)

Trupti said...

cake looks very delicious

Srikitchen said...

looks delicious and a good treat for new year!

Sharmi said...

the cake looks beautiful! without eggs that too!!! nice. wish I could take a bite:)

Uj said...

I was looking for eggless cake for my friend. I just bought pineapple essence. Thanks for posting this recipe :D I am still on trying to bake a decent cake :D

Jaishree Iyer said...

Thanku
Usha,Purva,uma,sripriya,vidasMahima,vidya,forloving comments:)

Thank u Priya,Rekha,Trupti,srilekha,Uj,Gita, srilekha, sharmi,for yourcompliments.
Wishing you all Merry christmas:)

Sameera Ansari said...

That is so tantalizing! :)

Misty said...

This cake looks so good I will try it this weekend. Great job!