12 servings of cake
YouTube instructional video is at bottom of page.
What you’ll need
Cake flour
Sugar
Brown Sugar
Salt
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Unsalted butter (Room temp)
4 Large Eggs (Room temp)
Heavy Whipping cream (Room temp)
I can Pineapple slices (In 100% pineapple juice)
Freeze Dried Pineapple
Maraschino Cherries (Room temp)
Vanilla extract
Pineapple extract
Butter extract
Yellow Gel Paste or liquid Food Coloring
Tools you’ll need
Bakery’s joy non-stick baking spray
9×13 inch Deep dish glass or metal pan
Food processor
Hand or Stand mixer
Preparation of ingredients
Step 1- Add 1 can Pineapple Slices (In 100% pineapple juice) and 6 ounces Maraschino Cherries into a mesh strainer. Reserve pineapple juice.
Step 2- Add 1 ounce freeze dried pineapple into food processor. Blend for 1 to 2 minutes or until mixture is a fine powder.
Dry ingredients (Cake Flour mixture)
Step 3- Sift 2 1/4 Cups Cake flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 ounce pineapple powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a medium sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.
Wet ingredients (Pineapple Cream mixture)
Step 4- Add 3/4 cup Heavy whipping cream (Room temp) 2/3 cup Pineapple juice (Room temp), 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract, 1 teaspoon Butter Extract, 2 teaspoons Pineapple extract and 1/8 teaspoon yellow gel paste or liquid food coloring into a separate medium sized bowl. Stir with whisk until combined and set aside.
Preparation of cake batter
Step 5- Add 2 Sticks unsalted butter (Softened and at Room temp), and 2 1/4 Cups Sugar. Mix on high speed for 6 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 6- Add 4 Large eggs (Room temp) one at a time while mixing on medium speed. Mix until combined. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 7- Add (Cake flour mixture) and (Pineapple cream mixture) into the batter 3 separate times and mix on a medium low speed each time for 15 seconds or until incorporated. Make sure you scrape down the sides of your mixing bowl as you go along.
Assembly of topping
Step 8- Spray sides of your baking pan with Baker’s joy non-stick baking spray. Add 1 stick melted unsalted butter and 2/3 cup brown sugar into the baking pan. Stir and spread melted butter and brown sugar mixture around baking pan as evenly as possible. Once done you should have an even thin layer of the butter/brown sugar mixture in the baking pan. Add Pineapple slices and Maraschino cherries.
Step 9- Add pineapple cake batter into baking pan. Spread cake batter around baking pan as evenly as possible. To make the batter more even, shake pan slightly.
Baking the cake
Step 10- Place into a preheated 325-degree oven. Bake for 45 minutes.
Step 11- Remove cake out of oven. Toothpick test inserted should come out clean. Let cake cool for 3 hours or until warm.
Step 12- Go around the edge of your cake using a spatula. Flip cake on to serving dish and cake is ready to be served.
Troubleshoot- Having trouble with your cake coming out of the pan? Place into a preheated 325-degree oven for 2 minutes. Remove cake from oven and flip on to serving dish.
YouTube Instructional video
