10 or more servings
YouTube instructional video is at the bottom.
What you’ll need
All purpose flour or Cake Flour
Salt
Sugar
Baking powder
Unsalted butter (Room temp)
Large eggs (Room temp)
Heavy Whipping cream (Room temp)
Crushed pineapple (15 ounce can)
Light corn syrup
Vanilla extract
Butter extract
Almond extract
Confectioners sugar
Tools you’ll need
Two 9 inch round cake pans
Baker’s Joy non-stick baking spray
Disposable piping bag with tip cut off
Offset spatula
Preparation of ingredients
Dry ingredients (All purpose flour mixture)
Step 1- Sift 2 1/2 cups All purpose flour or cake flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a medium sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.
Wet ingredients (Heavy whipping cream mixture)
Step 2- Add 1 cup heavy whipping cream (Room temp), 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons butter extract, and 1 or 1/4 teaspoon almond extract. Stir all ingredients together with whisk until combined.
Step 3- Separate 6 large eggs (Room temp). Place egg whites into one bowl and place egg yolks into a separate bowl. You can take the egg yolks and make custard for Banana pudding or ice cream and I have recipes for both.
Cake batter
Step 4- Add 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (Room temp), and 2 1/4 cups sugar into stand mixer bowl. Mix on high speed for 5 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 5- Add egg whites into the batter into 3 separate intervals while mixing on a medium speed. Once all the egg whites have been added increase speed on mixer to highest setting and mix on high speed for 10 to 15 seconds. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 6- Add the All purpose flour mixture and the Heavy whipping cream mixture into the batter 3 separate times. Mix on a medium low speed until combined. Once done, Mix on high speed for 20 to 30 seconds. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Baking your cake
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Step 7- Spray baking pans with baker’s joy non-stick baking spray. Add cake batter into each baking pan as even as possible. Spread batter around baking pan as evenly as possible. Shake each pan slightly to make batter more even.
Step 8- Place into a preheated 325 degree oven on middle rack for 40 minutes. Remove cakes from oven. Tooth pick inserted into each cake layer should come out clean. Let cake layers cool completely. Once the cake layers have cooled completely, trim off the top portion of the cake layers if it has a domed top.
Pineapple preserves
Preheat fire to medium high heat.
Step 9- Add 1 cup Light corn syrup, 1 cup sugar and one 15 ounce can of crushed pineapple into a medium sized pot. Stir and let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Once done turn fire off and let mixture cool completely. Mixture will thicken as it cools and you can make this a few days in advance.
Making the Buttercream frosting
Step 10- Add 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (Room temp), 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon butter extract, 1/4 or 1/8 teaspoons almond extract, and 3 cups confectioners sugar into stand mixer bowl. Make sure you add the 3 cups confectioners sugar into 2 separate intervals. Mix on a medium speed until incorporated. Once done mix on high speed for 1 to 2 minutes.
Decorating your cake
Step 11- Add cake layer on to cake pad or serving dish. Add a small amount of the buttercream frosting into a disposable piping bag with the tip cut off and pipe the frosting onto the edge of the bottom cake layer.
Step 12- Add cooled pineapples preserves into the middle of the bottom cake layer and spread around with the spatula until mixture reaches the edge of the cake where the buttercream frosting is.
Step 13- Add the 2nd cake layer on top and press slightly. Spread a small amount of frosting onto the top and sides of cake. This is called the crumb coat. It prevents the cake crumbs from getting into a final coating of cake. Once done place cake into fridge or freezer for 20 to 30 minutes.
Step 14- Add the rest of the buttercream on top of the cake. Spread buttercream around the top of the cake. As the buttercream reaches the edges of the cake it will free fall down the sides of the cake. From there take spatula and spread frosting onto the sides of the cake as well. From there, decorate the cake as desired. You can create a design with the spatula. If you want a more smooth appearance, preheat fire on stove to medium high heat. Add spatula over the fire to warm it and glide the spatula onto the frosting.
YouTube instructional video
