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Pineapple syrup cake with pineapple flowers

A fruity beauty. - by Better Homes and Gardens
  • 15 Oct 2021
Pineapple syrup cake with pineapple flowers
Prep: 35 Minutes - Cook: 135 Minutes - Serves 8-10
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With green mint and golden pineapple, could this cake be any more Australian? This fruity beauty is your new summer star for every occasion that calls for a crowd-pleasing centrepiece cake.

Ingredients

200g unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 cup caster sugar

3 free-range eggs, at room temperature

440g can crushed pineapple in natural juice

2 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted

1 cup buttermilk

Mascarpone and small mint leaves, to serve

Syrup

3/4 cup water

2/3 cup caster sugar

Pineapple flowers

1 small pineapple

Method

  1. To make pineapple flowers, preheat oven to 100°C fan-forced (120°C conventional). Place 2 wire racks over 2 large oven trays. Remove ends from pineapple. Peel pineapple, cutting close enough to remove eyes. Use a mandoline to shave pineapple into 3mm thick slices (you can use a large sharp knife, but a mandoline will give you thin, accurate slices).

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  2. Lay pineapple slices on paper towel and pat dry. Arrange in a single layer on wire racks. Dry in oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour, turning over halfway, until they’re lightly coloured, starting to dry out but still flexible. Thicker slices will take longer. Remove flowers before they become crisp.

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  3. While flowers are hot, gently press into the holes of a mini muffin pan (or you can use empty egg cartons) to form flower shapes, and stand for 10 minutes to cool and firm.

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  4. Increase oven to 160°C fan-forced (180°C conventional). Grease and line the base and side of a deep 20cm round cake pan with baking paper.

  5. Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until pale and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Transfer to a large bowl.

  6. Drain crushed pineapple in a sieve over a large jug. Use back of a spoon to firmly press 1 cup of juice from pineapple and reserve (if you don’t get 1 cup simply top up jug with water). Add crushed pineapple to cake mixture and stir until combined.

  7. Add flour, buttermilk and 1/3 cup of the reserved juice, in 2 batches, stirring after each addition until smooth. Spread mixture into prepared tin and smooth top. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean.

  8. Meanwhile, for syrup, put remaining juice, water and sugar in
    a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Boil, without stirring, for 7 minutes to form a thin syrup, with the mixture reduced down to 3
    /4 cup.

  9. Pour half of the hot syrup over cake. Let stand in pan for 1 hour before removing to cool. Top cake with mascarpone and pineapple flowers and drizzle with remaining syrup. Scatter with small mint leaves to serve.

Cook's tip

• Pineapple cake will be much easier to cut if you make it the day before. Use a straight-bladed knife to cut into wedges.
• The pineapple flowers can be made the day before and stored in a container at room temperature.

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