Pineapple Macadamia Pound Cake Food

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 POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Generously grease and flour a 10-inch, one-piece tube cake pan or Bundt pan.
• Put 3/4 cup of undrained pineapple with its juice in a small bowl; set aside.
• Drain remaining pineapple and measure 1 cup of drained crushed pineapple; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat the shortening and 1 cup of butter until smooth, about 2 minutes.
• Gradually beat in the sugar and continue beating until the mixture is light and fluffy, or about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Do not overbeat.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking powder and blend thoroughly.
• Add one-third of the dry mixture to the creamed mixture and about half of the milk; blend well. Repeat with another third of the flour mixture and the remaining milk; blend well. Beat in the remaining flour mixture just until well blended.
• Add the vanilla extract and the reserved 3/4 cup of undrained pineapple with juice; stir to blend.
• Pour the batter into the prepared tube cake pan.
• Place the cake in the unheated oven. Turn on the oven to 325 F and bake for 1 1/2 hours (do not preheat), or until a long wooden pick comes out clean when inserted into the center.
• Let the cake stand for about 5 minutes in the pan on a rack.
• Run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen and then carefully remove the cake to a rack.
• Combine 1/4 cup of butter, the confectioners' sugar, and the remaining 1 cup drained pineapple. Pour the pineapple sauce over the cake while it is still hot. Tips

PINEAPPLE MACADAMIA FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Place dried pineapple in a small container and microwave for a minute or so to heat it, then add rum and toss together. Cover well and set aside for an hour or so that it can absorb the rum and make as candied.
• 2. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at the time and cream into butter mixture to blend well. Cut nuts and fruit into medium pieces, combine and flour with 1/2 cup of the flour, toss. Sift remaining flour and baking powder together. Fold into egg and butter mixture. Add Cream of Coconut and flavorings; mix well. Add nuts and fruit and fold in carefully.
• 3. Pour into a greased and paper-lined plain tube pan. Place in COLD oven and bake at 250 degrees for 3 hours. Cool slightly and remove carefully from pan onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• 4. Store in closely covered container. It is best sliced cold or with an extremely sharp knife to avoid tearing the cake.

PINEAPPLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour, and baking powder. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, 1 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with milk; beat well. Stir in the 3/4 cup crushed pineapple.
• Pour into 10 inch tube pan. Place in cold oven. Turn oven to 325 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake for 90 minutes or until top springs back when touched. Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes. Remove carefully from pan.
• To make the glaze: In a small saucepan, combine 1/4 cup butter, confectioners sugar and 1 cup crushed pineapple. heat and stir until melted. Pour over cake as soon as it comes out of the pan.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter all sides of a 9-by-5-inch nonstick loaf pan, then pour the melted butter into the bottom of the pan. Scatter the dark brown sugar evenly over the melted butter. Arrange 7 slices of pineapple and the maraschino cherries in your preferred design along the bottom and up the sides of the pan, halving the slices as necessary. Place the pan in the refrigerator to chill while the batter is prepared. (This will allow the fruit to set in the butter and minimize shifting when the batter is poured into the pan.)
• Cream the granulated sugar, lemon zest and 2 sticks room-temperature butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium-high speed, scraping the bowl down halfway through, until pale and fluffy, about 6 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
• With the mixer on medium high, add the eggs and egg yolk in 1 at a time, making sure they are fully incorporated between each addition. Reduce the speed to medium-low and add the vanilla and 1/4 cup sour cream; mix until incorporated. Add half of the dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated, then repeat the steps with the remaining sour cream and dry ingredients, making sure to scrape the bowl down between each addition. Add the chopped pineapple and mix until just incorporated, about 15 seconds.
• Remove the prepared loaf pan from the refrigerator and carefully pour in the batter, being careful not to shift the assembled fruit. Using a small offset spatula, carefully spread the batter into the corners and smooth out the top. Give the pan 5 to 10 taps on the counter to release any large air pockets.
• Place a sheet pan on the bottom oven rack and bake the cake on the middle rack until the top is deep golden brown and a cake tester or knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes. Allow the cake to rest for 30 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.

ROASTED PINEAPPLE WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE CARAMELIZED MACADAMIA NUTS

Steps:

• Chocolate Ring:
• Begin by melting the milk and white chocolate. Cut 4 sterilized, food-safe flexible plastic strips 1 1/2 inches wide and 5 inches long. Spread a thin layer of milk chocolate on the plastic strips. Using the tine of a fork, scrape the length of the strip through the chocolate to create lines. Spread a layer of white chocolate immediately, directly over and then fold to form a ring. Seal edge with a plastic strip. Set aside to harden.
• Preheat the oven to 360 degrees F.
• Mix the sponge by whisking the eggs and sugar on high speed for 15 minutes, until pale yellow and thick. Take out of the mixer and fold in by hand the sifted flour, chopped macadamia nuts, and melted butter. Spread thinly on a buttered, floured and parchment lined baking tray and bake for 15 minutes.
• Lower the oven to 340 degrees F.
• To roast pineapple, begin by cutting the pineapple into grape size pieces and then toss in sugar and spices. Bake for 2 hours. Let cool.
• To caramelize the macadamia nuts, first warm the nuts in the oven for 5 minutes. While nuts are warming, place the sugar in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar melts and turns an amber color, about 10 minutes. Carefully add the nuts to the sugar mixture and stir to coat the nuts. Carefully remove from the pan and cool on a marble table or baking tray.
• To make mousse, boil the milk, remove from the heat and add the gelatin while mixing in the white chocolate. Cool down slightly before folding in the whipped cream.
• To make the jelly, melt the gelatin with the mango puree and strain into a container for future use.
• To plate, place a circle of sponge in the base of the chocolate ring, sprinkle with chopped caramelized macadamias. Pipe 1/3 of the cup with mousse; place a spoonful of pineapple mix, top with mousse and a layer of mango jelly. Place in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours. Once chilled, remove the plastic strip, top with caramelized macadamia nuts and macadamia sponge.
• Serve immediately.

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 POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• Remove 3 pineapple slices from the can and reserve the juice and set aside. Chop remaining pineapple slices into small pieces and set aside.
• In a large bowl combine the cake mix, eggs, and 1 can of pineapple juice. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat for 3 minutes on medium speed. Stir in the chopped pineapple and combine well. Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick, inserted into the center of the cake, comes out clean, about 45 to 50 minutes. Remove and cool completely.
• In a small pot over medium heat combine the reserved pineapple juice and 1/4 cup of water. Add the brown sugar and butter and bring to a simmer. Add the remaining 3 pineapple rings and saute for 4 minutes or until the sauce thickens slightly. Remove from the heat. Reserve.
• To serve, remove the pound cake from the pan and transfer it to a serving plate. Arrange pineapple rings on top and secure with toothpicks, if necessary. Pour the sauce over the cake and serve.

PINEAPPLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar, shortening and butter.
• Add eggs, one at at time, blending well after each addition.
• Add baking powder to the flour and mix into the batter 1/2 cup at a time mixing well after each addition.
• Add milk, vanilla and pineapple with juice to batter and blend well.
• Pour the batter into a well greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
• Place in a cold oven; set oven to 325 degrees and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until done.

GLAZED PINEAPPLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For the Cake:.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Cream shortening, butter and sugar in a mixer until light and fluffy (at least 3 minutes).
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together flour and baking powder, then add to creamed mixture alternately with milk and vanilla, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Stir in the pineapple.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Place in a cold oven.
• Set the temperature at 325° and bake for one hour and fifteen minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
• While cake is baking prepare the Pineapple Glaze.
• Cool the cake ten to fifteen minutes in the pan, then turn it out onto a cake plate.
• Drizzle with the Pineapple Glaze.
• To Make The Glaze:.
• Mix the butter and powdered sugar until smooth.
• Stir in the Pineapple.

PINEAPPLE SAGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Grease and flour four miniature loaf pans*.
• Cream the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy.
• Beat in the honey.
• Add the eggs one at a time, making sure to beat for one minute after each addition.
• Beat in the sage leaves, flowers, lemon peel, and crushed pineapple.
• Stir the dry ingredients together and add to the butter mixture.
• Fold these together gently, until just blended.
• Pour into loaf pans.
• Bake for approximately 45 minutes, or until golden brown (wooden pick inserted into center will come out clean).
• Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then turn out of pans and continue to cool.
• *Iused a regular size loaf pan just bake a little longer till brown and cake tester come out clean.

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.

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.