This is one cake which i had on my mind quite a while. I love fresh cream cakes a lot, they are so light and cooling. My all time favourite one is black forest cake. Love it all the time. I want to post few cake recipes for this christmas so i thought of sharing few special cakes instead of simple tea time cakes.
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I made this eggless so everyone can enjoy, but will surely share a egg version soon. Keep checking my blog. And hope you will love this one and let me know how it turned out for you..
Preparation Time : 30 mins
Baking Time : 35 to 40 mins
Serves : 6 to 8
Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1.5 cup / 180 grams
Sugar - ½ cup / 100 grams
Condensed Milk - ½ cup
Baking Powder - ¾ tsp
Baking Soda - ½ tsp
Pineapple Essence - 1 tsp
Soft Unsalted Butter - 100 grams
Fresh Pineapple Puree - ⅓ cup
Salt - ¼ tsp
For Syrup:
Sugar - 2 tblspn
Cold Water - ¼ cup
Pineapple Essence - ½ tsp
For Topping:
Pineapples - finely chopped as needed
Pineapples Wedges as needed
Silver Balls as needed
Cherries as needed
(My one cup measures 240 ml)
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 Degree C.
Take a square cake pan or a round cake pan and prepare it by buttering the bottom and sides really well and dusting it with some flour. Set this aside. You can line it with parchment paper at the base and butter the bottom and sides.
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Set aside.
Now take butter, sugar, pineapple essence in a bowl and beat till creamy.
Add in condensed milk and pineapple puree and mix well.
Add in the flour mix and fold gently.
Pour this in the prepared pan and spread evenly.
Bake this for 35 to 40 mins. Check from 30 mins. Remove the cake from oven and let this cool completely.
Now invert the cake on to a cooling rack and let this cool down completely.
Meanwhile prepare the syrup by mixing all ingredients.
Slice the cake in half or like i have shown, brush it with syrup, sandwich with cream and fill pineapple pieces in the center.Cover the entire cake with cream. Decorate the cake with cherries, pineapples and silver balls.
Chill the cake for 2 to 4 hours. Serve.
Notes:
1) I used a 20 cm square cake pan, so i cut it in half and sandwiched them. You can use round cake pan as well.
2)If you are using round cake pan, slice the cake in the middle half and then sandwich them. If you are too talented, you can slice the cake in three.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Prepare a square cake pan..Check this post |
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| Take flour in a sifter |
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| Add in baking soda |
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| Add in baking powder |
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| and some salt |
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| sift it together..Set aside |
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| Take butter in a bowl |
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| Add in sugar |
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| and some pineapple essence |
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| use a beater to cream this well |
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| Once it is creamed |
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| You need some condensed milk |
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| I measured ½ cup of condensed milk |
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| Pour it in |
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| beat this again |
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| I wanted real pineapples in my cakes.. So i added some pineapple puree |
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| mix well |
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| Add in flour |
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| fold gently |
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| pour this in the prepared pan |
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| smooth it out |
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| Now it is baked |
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| While the cake is cooling, prepare the syrup.. Take sugar in a cup |
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| Add in cold water |
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| and a dash of pineapple essence |
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| mix well |
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| I whipped some fresh cream till it is stiff.. CHECK THIS POST TO KNOW HOW TO WHIP CREAM |
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| I chopped up some pineapples as well |
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| Now the cake is cooled.so i cut it in half like this |
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| I brushed both the cake with some syrup |
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| spoon some whipped cream |
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| spread it evenly |
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| then add a layer of chopped pineapples |
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| Place the next layer on top and spread some more cream |
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| once the top is covered.start covering the sides |
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| like this |
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| i filled a piping bag with the cream |
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| piped all over the cake |
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| I piped on the bottom as well |
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| now decorate the cake with fresh pineapples |
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| some cherries |
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| i placed pineapples on sides as well |
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| sprinkle some silver balls |
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| Now chill the cake for 2 to 4 hours before serving |
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| Enjoy |
Padmamohan
Owsm presentation n pics...m gonna try this for sure👍
Revathi GowriShankar
Can u pls tell me the ingredients for preparing this cake with egg?
FoodLover
Hiee. I want to ask if we can make this cake in a microwave? If yes, then how?
Thank you.
Aarthi
@FoodLoverNo u cannot make this in microwave..Unless u have convection mode in your microwave.
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi, I have very recently started reading your baking recipes.I am very new to baking.So far I have just made a basic sponge cake. I shall try baking this cake today for my son's 4th month birthday. I tried your pizza...and it turned out really really well..Thanks n keep up the good work.
Anonymous
Hi. Luv ur recipies.I try a lot of them.i whipped cream till stiff peaks n for sandwiching layers it was fine.but while dpreading on sides had a lot of problem n cudnt pipe patterns at all. Once whipped does it turn runny .please help
Aarthi
@AnonymousThat means ur cream is no whipped properly. You can add soak 1/2 tsp of gelatin in water, melt it out and them add that liquid to cream and whip it up. Put this cream in fridge for 15 mins and use that to decorate. it will holds its shape.
Anonymous
Hi, dear Aarthi, can we add eggs instead of condensed milk.. ?? Coz I don't like it. But I love pineapple cake.. If yes then tell me quantity of eggs. Thnx!
Aarthi
@Anonymoususe 1 eggs
Anonymous
Why we can't make this cake in microwave?
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi... Y u have not used yogurt,oil and vinegar here.... If we can use all these items how much is the quantity...
Aarthi
@Anonymoustthis recipe dont need them
Anonymous
This recipe was amazing. I followed the steps perfectly and the birthday cake came out to be amazing! Just used a Pillsbury Frosting on top to give it a more "professional" look. Thank you very much!
Anonymous
Hi aarthi,
M a follower of ur recipes from long time. Recently I have tried ur pressure cooker cake and it came out so good.thanks a ton for ur blog. Now I want to try ur pineapple cake. But I have a doubt. Is there any alternate to beat the butter n sugar mixture till creamy without a hand blender as I don't own one? Plz reply soon as I want to try it tomorrow.
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can use a hand whisk to whip it up
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can use a hand whisk to whip it up
umamahi
akka can i make this in loaf tin by skipping the icing part?thanks:)
Aarthi
@umamahiyes u can make
Anonymous
Can I add oil or salted butter instead of unsalted butter?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use
Anonymous
Hi arthi....How do i make the pineapple puree
Aarthi
take fresh pineapple and puree it
Violet Parker
Hi I luv ur recipes jus a query can we use curd. I don't have condensed milk n I don't have pineapple puree ? So wt should I do
Aarthi
not sure. this recipe needs those ingredients
Violet Parker
Can I use curd instead of condensed milk
Aarthi
no it will affect the texture
Subh
Hi man
Have to make bday cake for my daughter 6th bday.
Can u pplz suggest me what to use instead of pineapple essence. Because I couldn’t get one here in my place. Also do u have a pineapplesubha curd recipe. Can u share the link.
Thanks in advance
Subha
Hi mam
Have to make this cake for my daughter 6th bday.
Can u pplz suggest what to use in place of pineapple essence because I couldn’t find one in luv place.
Also do u have a recipe for pineapple curd. If so can u share the recipe link..
Thanks in advance.
Subhashini Balaji
Hi is there a substitute for pineapple essence