Pineapple Cake 凤梨蛋糕 CNY 2016

As Chinese New Year is getting closer, I'm sure many of you are now busy baking goodies at home for the lunar new year holidays. I've just tried baking this healthy Pineapple cake with pineapple puree and pineapple paste (paste for making pineapple tarts), and I'm going to include this to my baking list. I love the end result, it is moist, soft and a little tangy with a hint of pineapple fragrance. Definitely a keeper recipe for any occasion.

Pineapple Cake

      Ingredients:
      100g fresh pineapple cubes
      50g pineapple paste (store bought)
      15g rice flour
      40g wholemeal superfine flour Prima brand)
      60g almond meal (ground almond)
      3 large eggs, separated
      1/2 tbsp lemon juice
      45g caster sugar
      60g melted butter

      Method:

• Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Grease and line the base of a 7 inch (18cm) round cake pan.
• Puree pineapple cubes and blend well with pineapple paste and lemon juice, set aside.
• Combine rice flour, wholemeal superfine flour and almond powder in a bowl, mix well.
• Beat egg yolks and 20g sugar on high speed till the mixture is thick. Fold in flour ingredients, pineapple puree and melted butter with a rubber spatula, set aside.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites to soft peak stage then add 25g sugar and beat to stiff peak.
• Gently fold the egg whites into the flour mixture in 2 batches with a rubber spatula and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for approximately 50 minutes until cooked through or skewer inserted to the cake comes out clean.
• Allow the cake to set in the pan for 5 minutes then turn onto a cake rack to cool.

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凤梨蛋糕

      材料：

      100克 凤梨，切丁 (买新鲜的）

      50克 凤梨馅 （做凤梨酥用的））

      15克 粘米粉

      40克 百龄麦超细全麦粉

      60克 杏仁粉

      3个 大鸡蛋, 蛋黄蛋白分开

      1/2汤匙 柠檬汁

      45克 细糖

      60克 融化牛油

      做法：

• 预热烤箱摄氏180度。 准备一个7寸圆烤盘，抹油底部铺纸。
• 将凤梨丁打成泥，然后和凤梨馅，柠檬汁拌匀，备用。
• 粘米粉，全麦粉及杏仁粉混合均匀在一个碗里。
• 用高速度把蛋黄和20克细糖搅打至松发。拌入粉料，凤梨汁和融化牛油，用橡皮刮刀翻拌均匀。
• 将蛋白搅打起，加入25克细糖继续搅打至硬发性。
• 用橡皮刮刀把蛋白霜分2次翻拌入蛋糊里至均匀即可。倒入烤盘里，烤约50分钟至熟透或竹签插入蛋糕内部，拔出没有粘糊，就表示熟了。
• 让蛋糕连烤盘待凉约5分钟，才取出放在凉架上待凉。