
Ingredients:
• 200 g – all-purpose flour
• 200 g – sweetened condensed Milk
• 1/2 cup – unsalted Butter
• 1 tsp – baking powder
• 1 tsp – baking soda
• 1 tsp – Pineapple essence
• 1 cup – fresh Pineapple juice
• Ingredients for the Sugar syrup:
• 2 tbsp – Sugar
• 1/4 cup – water
• In a thick bottom pan, mix the Sugar and water and boil till the Sugar melts. Keep aside and cool.
• Ingredients for frosting:
• 300 ml – fresh Cream
• 4-5 tsp – powdered Sugar
• 1 tsp – Pineapple essence
• Ingredients for Garnishing:
• 1 cup – Pineapple pieces
• Cherries – a few
Method:
- In a mixing bowl combine flour, baking soda and baking powder sieve and keep aside.
- Add condensed milk, butter, pineapple essence and finally add 3/4 of pineapple puree. Mix and stir and fold everything together.
- Transfer batter into a greased 6 inch round cake pan
- Preheat oven, bake at 180 centigrade.
- Bake for 20 to 25 mins or until a toothpick inserted at the centre comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool properly before frosting.
- Whip 400 ml whipping cream with 4 tbsp powdered sugar +1 tsp pineapple essence until thick and holds peaks.
- Now divide the cooled cake horizontally into half using a serrated knife.
- Carefully slide the top layer using a cake lifter or cake board or a flat plate and keep it aside.
- Keep one layer of the cake on the serving plate. Sprinkle 5-6 tbsp of sugar syrup on it.
- Now spread prepared cream frosting on it.
- Pace the piece on top of it and again spread sugar syrup on it.
- Cover the cake completely with cream frosting on all sides .
- Level the top and sides with a broad spatula dipped in chilled water.
- Decorate the top with pineapple pieces and halved cherries.
- Keep chilled in the fridge till use.
- Recipe courtesy: Jaisruchi
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Recipe courtesy of Jaishree S