Pineapple Macadamia Fruitcake Food

PINEAPPLE-MACADAMIA FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease three 8- x 5-inch loaf pans. Line with wax paper and grease the paper. In a medium bowl, toss 4 cups of the pineapple, the nuts and coconut with 1/4 cup flour until coated. Set aside. In a large mixer bowl at medium speed, beat sugar and butter or margarine for 3 minutes or until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk, pineapple flavoring and vanilla extract. At low speed, beat in flour until well blended. With a wooden spoon, stir in fruit-nut mixture. Spoon batter into pans and top with remaining pineapple, pressing lightly into batter. Bake for 1 1/4 hours or until golden brown and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 15 minutes. Remove from pans, peel off wax paper and cool completely on wire racks. Wrap in foil. Refrigerate at least 2 days before serving. Store in refrigerator up to 1 month or in freezer up to 3 months.

PINEAPPLE MACADAMIA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Combine dried pineapple and boiling water in a small bowl; let stand 15 minutes; drain thoroughly and blot dry.
• If pineapple pieces are large, cut them into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Heat oven to 325°.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer on high speed until light, 3 minutes; add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition; reduce mixer to low speed; add milk, rum, and vanilla; add flour mixture, mix just until combined; fold in pineapple and nuts with a spatula.
• Grease and flour an 8 1/2" x 4 1'2" loaf pan; transfer batter to pan; bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Cool in the pan 10 minutes; loosen cake from the sides of the pan with a flexible knife; invert onto a wire rack and cool completely before slicing.

PINEAPPLE,MACADAMIA AND COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Beat sugar and eggs until thick and creamy.
• Mix nuts and pineapple together.
• Add to egg and sugar mixture.
• Add flour and beat well.
• Grease and flour a ring tin.
• Spoon in mixture, sprinkle with coconut.
• Bake 180 C for 40 - 45 minutes till golden.
• Frost if desired.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300*. Grease and flour (3) 8" x 4" loaf pans.
• Mix fruits, nuts and coconut; set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Stir in the pineapple juice.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Add this to the creamed butter-sugar mixture.
• Fold in the combined fruits, nuts & coconut.
• Spoon into three (3) greased and floured 8" x 4" loaf pans.
• Bake @ 300* for 1 1/2 hours.
• Cool, wrap and store two weeks to mellow.

PINEAPPLE & MACADAMIA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine cake mix, pineapple juice, oil and eggs; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Pour into three greased and floured 8-in. round baking pans., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For filling, combine sugar and flour in a large saucepan. Whisk in egg yolks, butter and pineapple until blended. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cool to room temperature. Reserve 1/3 cup pineapple mixture for frosting; gently stir nuts into remaining pineapple mixture., Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with half of the filling. Repeat. Top with remaining cake layer., For frosting, cream butter, confectioners' sugar, reserved pineapple mixture and enough milk to reach a spreading consistency. Spread over top and sides of cake. If desired, chop and toast additional nuts; sprinkle on top and around bottom of cake.

PINEAPPLE MACADAMIA NUT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, eggs, oil, pineapple juice and pineapple.
• Mix well.
• Sift together baking powder and flour.
• Stir flour mixture into pineapple mixture.
• Fold in Macadamia nuts.
• Pour batter into greased pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean.
• Makes one 9x5 loaf.