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
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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.
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