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Pineapple Cake Trials And Errors
April 22nd, 2009 filed under News and UpdatesHello everyone, I hope you enjoyed my latest recipe: Eggless Pineapple Cake. As I have said before I am not very big on baking, but one good thing about doing this website is that I am learning more as I try to show you new recipes. Alex (my husband) is a big help because he will not video the recipe until he is happy with it. So now you know, you all are trying the food he approves.
Before I started on the cake, I used Google to find a few recipes that looked good, but I knew I would have to modify them. First I followed this recipe from allrecipes.com which I liked the most but I thought it was too dry so I decided to add pineapple. I pureed the pineapple and added it to my next cake. My son was visiting so he tried the cake and said it was too bland and tasteless. In my third attempt, I added crushed pineapple and pineapple juice as you see and cardamom powder. It was better then before but still too dry. I decided to spread a few spoons of pineapple juice over the cake but by that time the cake was cold. It worked but wasn’t good enough. I felt I should have put the juice while cake was still warm so that’s what I did on my fourth attempt and yes — THIS cake got the Alex approval. Now he was ready to video.
You must be wondering what I did with all this cake. First one I trashed. I sliced the second and third cake into small cubes. Then I softened some vanilla ice cream and mixed the cake and ice cream together. It tasted great and I took that for a potluck lunch. Everybody enjoyed it.
Yesterday, Alex did the video for cabbage Kofta which is now on the website. This one is my granddaughter and grandson’s favorite for now, although their favorites keep changing.
hi manjula i am very excited on learning how to make your food i tried making some exactly like you and they turned out very good. you are a very good cook thnks 4 making this website.
Hi Manjula,
I just discovered your website the other day, and I can’t wait to start trying some of your recipes. I just need to stock up my pantry with some of the essentials first.
One way that I enjoy pineapple cake is to make an upside-down cake. I would not modify your cake recipe, but simply add to it. In addition to the crushed pineapple, I would saute a few rings of pineapple in a fry pan with some butter, a little brown sugar, and some spices (I like to use cinnamon, but I would match the spices in the cake, so cardamom). I would then transfer the rings to the bottom of the greased cake pan (in a nice design) and pour the buttery juices on top of it.
This can cool a little bit while you make the cake, and then pour the cake batter right on top, and bake as normal. When you invert the cake after cooking, you get the pieces of cooked fruit that make it look almost like stained glass, and the juices form almost like a sugary crust that keeps the cake moist. I’ve done this with peach and pear slices/halves as well.
Cheers!
Cat
Hi Manjula Ji
first of all i would like to thank you for all your recipies .after seeing your recipe of pineapple cake i tried the chocolate cake.it was superb.now i made tandoori roti 2-3 times in week.my husband like it very much.
thanks
regard
harpreet
I love your recepies i’m from delhi and you are the only one who make food the way i know it is cooked in delhi and it tastes the same too, specially the parontha was like I could not believe, the folds while rolling the pronthas like my mom made in India.
thank you.
Aunty is from U.P., hence the similarity in cooking to what you get in Delhi.
Hi Manjula, I found your website in my search for Indian food recipes.I Love your website and I hope you wont mind if I guide our readers to your site, just add this foodista widget to this post and it’s all set to go, I’ll be trying out a lot of your recipes here.Thanks!
I don’t have an oven at home as I am single so haven’t bought them yet….though I am thinking of trying to steam my way of getting a puffed cake. Lols. let’s see what happens..coz I have heard of people who have successfully attempted a cake in a cooker..strange..what the heck..let’s try..
Hello Himani,
My oven broke years ago and I have been happily using a counter top convestion oven. It’s not a big expensive convection oven like the ones used in resturants. It looks like a toaster oven. I bought mine at Target for $70 but they have less expensive ones. I’m very interested in hearing how the steamed cake comes out. Sounds like it’d be super moist! Keep us posted.
hi himani…my prob was also same 12-14years back…i used thick bottomed cooker n also the can inside was of thick aluminium but i didnt steamed the cake but used to bake like a tandoor…i used to spread sand layer about 1 inch thick and put the mix in can n pre heat the cooker n put the can over it n heat the coooker on simmer flame without putting the weight over the lid…it take time…u can add egg…the cake will be softer…do check the cake by inserting knife …but i’m curious to know abut the steamed cake u’re trying
If you do not have oven still you can bake the cake. Take Aluminium vessel ,fill sand half way and heat on high for 30 to 40 minutes. once it is heated ,reduce heat to medium and place the pot to be baked and cover it
Hi Padmin,
Thanks, good suggestion