Ingredients:
For The Caramelized Pineapple Puree:
Pineapple-1 small
Sugar-3 tsp
Water-1/4 cup
For The Cake:
Flour-1 1/4cups
Butter-1/2cup
Pineapple Puree-1 cup
Curd-1/2cup
Milk-1/2cup
Baking Powder-1tsp
Baking Soda-1/2tsp
Vanilla Essence-1tsp
Granulated Sugar-3/4cup
For The Butter Cream:
Butter-1/2 cup
Confectioner’s Sugar/ Icing Sugar- 2 cups
Vanilla Essence-1 tsp
Milk-2-3 tbs
For Topping:
Fresh Grated Coconut-1 cup
Procedure:
For The Pineapple Puree:
1. Remove skin and chop pineapple into small cubes.
2. In a heavy bottomed pan, add the pineapple cubes, sugar and water, cover and cook on low flame for 30 minutes.
3. Now grind it to make a puree. If you want it caramelized as mine, then allow the sugar to change colour.
4. For that, rise flame to high and let the sugar turn golden brown. Remove from pan, cool and grind it.
Preparing The Cake:
1. Preheat oven to 175C.
2. Grease and dust an 8″ round cake tin.
3. Cream together butter and sugar.
4. Add the pineapple puree and mix.
5. Add curd, essence and milk and whisk together until completely incorporated.
6. In another bowl, sieve together flour, baking powder and baking soda.
7. Add this to the pineapple butter mixture and mix gently.
8. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 40-50 minutes.
9. If the cake browns fast, place a foil on the tin. Placing the foil should be atleast 20 minutes after you place the cake in the oven.
10. When a tooth pick inserted comes out clean, remove from oven and place on counter and let it sit there for 10 minutes.
11. Now flip it onto a wire rack and allow it to cool completely.
Butter cream:
1. Beat butter with an electric mixer until fluffy.
2. Add icing sugar at regular intervals and beat until creamy.
3. Now add milk and essence and beat until fluffy and creamy.
Topping:
1. In a pan add the grated coconut and toast until slightly brown and aromatic.
2. I added a few drops of yellow food colour to it before toasting.
3. Let it cool.
Assembling The Cake:
1. Cut the cake into two equal parts.
2. Place one layer on the serving plate.
3. Add some butter cream on top and spread it with a spatula.
4. Sprinkle some toasted coconut on top and place the next layer on top.
5. Now cover the entire cake with butter cream and using a spatula smooth the frosting.
6. Now sprinkle generous amount of toasted coconut on top and the sides to completely cover it with coconut.
7. Allow it to set for an hour before slicing.
8. Slice it up, serve and Enjoy!!!
Eggless Pinacolada Cake
Ingredients
For The Caramelized Pineapple Puree
- Pineapple-1 small
- Sugar-3 tsp
- Water-1/4 cup
For The Cake
- Flour-1 1/4cups
- Butter-1/2cup
- Pineapple Puree-1 cup
- Curd-1/2cup
- Milk-1/2cup
- Baking Powder-1tsp
- Baking Soda-1/2tsp
- Vanilla Essence-1tsp
- Granulated Sugar-3/4cup
For The Butter Cream
- Butter-1/2 cup
- Confectioner's Sugar/ Icing Sugar- 2 cups
- Vanilla Essence-1 tsp
- Milk-2-3 tbs
For Topping
- Fresh Grated Coconut-1 cup
Instructions
For The Pineapple Puree
- 1. Remove skin and chop pineapple into small cubes.
- 2. In a heavy bottomed pan, add the pineapple cubes, sugar and water, cover and cook on low flame for 30 minutes.
- 3. Now grind it to make a puree. If you want it caramelized as mine, then allow the sugar to change colour.
- 4. For that, rise flame to high and let the sugar turn golden brown. Remove from pan, cool and grind it.
Preparing The Cake
- 1. Preheat oven to 175C.
- 2. Grease and dust an 8" round cake tin.
- 3. Cream together butter and sugar.
- 4. Add the pineapple puree and mix.
- 5. Add curd, essence and milk and whisk together until completely incorporated.
- 6. In another bowl, sieve together flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- 7. Add this to the pineapple butter mixture and mix gently.
- 8. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 40-50 minutes.
- 9. If the cake browns fast, place a foil on the tin. Placing the foil should be atleast 20 minutes after you place the cake in the oven.
- 10. When a tooth pick inserted comes out clean, remove from oven and place on counter and let it sit there for 10 minutes.
- 11. Now flip it onto a wire rack and allow it to cool completely.
Butter cream
- 1. Beat butter with an electric mixer until fluffy.
- 2. Add icing sugar at regular intervals and beat until creamy.
- 3. Now add milk and essence and beat until fluffy and creamy.
Topping
- 1. In a pan add the grated coconut and toast until slightly brown and aromatic.
- 2. I added a few drops of yellow food colour to it before toasting.
- 3. Let it cool.
Assembling The Cake
- 1. Cut the cake into two equal parts.
- 2. Place one layer on the serving plate.
- 3. Add some butter cream on top and spread it with a spatula.
- 4. Sprinkle some toasted coconut on top and place the next layer on top.
- 5. Now cover the entire cake with butter cream and using a spatula smooth the frosting.
- 6. Now sprinkle generous amount of toasted coconut on top and the sides to completely cover it with coconut.
- 7. Allow it to set for an hour before slicing.
- 8. Slice it up, serve and Enjoy!!!
The cake looks super awesome
It was fun making this cake.. Glad I made it.. Pictures are looking delicious
Awesome is the word!! 🙂
I wish to try this if I have an oven.
Regards
Shoba’s Delight
delicious tempting moist cake.
Very professionally done Gayathri, I thought coconut cream is coconut milk and I did the frosting using that..
My post is up. Your cake looks really delicious.
Seriously i loved this challenge,well done Gayathri, cake came out simply fantabulous.
They just look amazing, you are so talented. Well explained.
Cake looks wonderful and godly 🙂
Your cake looks beautiful, Gayathri! I like the even layers and coconut topping!
Your cake looks so professional! Looks yum!
Lovely priya akka.. i dont have the idea to go with this.. after studying ur post for 3, 4 times got confident to do…
Can I soak the cake in sugar syrup? Will the cake get too soggy ?
Yes, you can do that. And no, it won’t be soggy.
Hi ma’am gonna try this today. One quick question can I replace milk with coconut milk . TIA
Yes, you can do that.
It came out so well Gayatri … to my surprise my kids loved it too … it is a super recipe … addition of coconut milk def adds an extra coconut flavour.. thanks a lot.
The cake came out really moist, but it took me 70 mins to bake in the temperature you mentioned had to keep checking it.
Thank you for the recipe though
Please check your oven temperature with an oven thermometer. If it has heating problem, it would take too much time to bake.
Hi
Thanks for the recipe – two queries
Can I use wheat flour in this recipe ?
Also can I add oil instead of butter in the cake prep ?
Will it still be having the same texture and taste ?
Am trying For less calories
Thanks
Sowmya
Hi, you can use wheat flour instead of maida. Use 2 tbs less flour and other ingredients would be the same. And yes, you can definitely use oil instead, use same quantity.
Thanks Gayathri for the response. Will using oil instead of butter in this cake have any difference in it’s taste or softness or moisture ?
Thanks,
Sowmya
It would add softness and moistness.
I made the cake with Butter cream frosting
It came out great!
Thanks,
Sowmya
Can I use whipped cream for frosting instead of butter cream ?as my family doesn’t like butter cream frosting..how would that taste?kindly advise..
The cake is a butter cake, so whipped cream is not advisable. Try whipped buttercream which is not too sweet but also is tasty.
Hi Gayathri, planning to make this cake tomorrow. Can I replace the morning ok in the receipe with coconut milk for a more pinacolada flavour? Also will cream cheese frosting work instead of buttercream?
I am sorry I missed your query. I hope you made the cake.