Recipe: Pineapple Cake, Freshly Baked for Hotels, Guest Houses & Lodges

Pineapple Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

    1-1/2 cups flour
    3/4 cup sugar
    3/4 tsp baking powder
    1/4 tsp baking soda
    1/4 tsp salt
    9 tbsp (1 stick + 1 tbsp) unsalted butter, softened
    3 egg yolks
    1/2 cup sour cream
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 cup mashed bananas (about two large bananas)
    1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
    20 oz pineapple chunks, well drained
    1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
    powdered sugar, for dusting

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 10-inch cake pan.

2. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

3. In a large bowl, cream butter. Gradually add flour mixture to butter until the mixture reaches the consistency of peas. Add yolks, one at a time. Stir in sour cream and vanilla. Fold in mashed bananas and walnuts, mixing until just combined.

4. Spread batter evenly into cake pan. Scatter pineapple chunks over the batter and sprinkle the brown sugar on top of the pineapples and batter.

5. Bake for 40 – 50 minutes, or until the cake has pulled away from the edges of the pan and the brown sugar on top is bubbly. Run a knife along the sides of the pan immediately to loosen the cake. Dust powdered sugar on top of cake before serving.