Pineapple cake is a glorious culinary achievement. It combines two of the greatest foods in the world, pineapple and cake. This dessert can be sickly sweet if you’re not careful, but it’s also a fantastic after dinner treat. The pineapple taste will help clear your palette, and the sugar will provide you with that extra energy to help you get up from the table and move around after a big meal. Make this cake for any special occasion, like birthdays and anniversaries, or simply make it to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Health Benefits
Cake is typically not considered a healthy thing to eat; but it’s a different story when you add pineapple. Pineapples house several health benefits that are a direct result of its surplus of nutrients and vitamins. They include potassium, manganese, calcium, copper, vitamin C, magnesium, beta-carotene, folate, vitamin B6, thiamin, and insoluble fiber. Together, they boost the body’s defense against pathogens and disease, speeds up the healing process, prevents cancer, and even improves bone health.
Ingredients
cups of flour: 2
cups powdered sugar: 1
Eggs: 2
tsp baking soda: 1 1/2
tsp vanilla extract: 2
oz pineapple juice: 20
oz cream cheese: 8
cup butter: 1/2
cup icing sugar: 1
How To Make Pineapple Cake
- Preheat your oven to 180 °C.
- Sift flour, powdered sugar, and baking soda.
- Add eggs, pineapple juice, and 1 tsp vanilla extract to the sifted ingredients and combine using the cut-and-fold method.
- Bake for 25 – 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted at the center of the cake comes out clean.
- To make the frosting, whisk together cream cheese, butter, icing sugar and 1 tsp of vanilla; spread the mixture on cake.
- Refrigerate cake until the frosting sets, cut into slices, serve and enjoy!
Trivia
Pineapples also go by the name of 'ananas'.