Pineapple Pastry is a delightful dessert bursting with sweet, tart, and tangy flavors. Fluffy and tender cake is layered with a creamy whipped frosting, and the bright taste of pineapple is in every bite.
Remove the 2 to 3 pineapple slices from the can draining the syrup in the can itself. Finely chop the pineapple slices and set aside.
Slice the cake with a serrated knife from the center carefully into two equal halves.
Brush the base slice of the cake with some pineapple juice. This is an optional step. If you do not have pineapple juice, brush with some sugar water. To make sugar water, simply dissolve a 2 to 3 teaspoons of sugar in 2 to 3 tablespoons of water. Mix well and use.
Make Cream Frosting
In a stand mixer fitted with the wired whip blade, whip the cream and icing sugar along with vanilla extract or pineapple essence, at high speed till you get stiff peaks in the cream.
You can also use a hand held electric beater to whip the cream.
Taste the whipped cream and add more icing sugar if needed.
The cream should have stiff peaks – meaning on turning the bowl the cream should not fall.
Mix the finely chopped pineapple with ¼ or ⅓ portion of the whipped cream in a separate bowl.
Make Pineapple Cake
Spread the pineapple cream frosting on the base slice evenly..
Keep the other cake half over on top.
Now spread the remaining whipped cream all over the cake on the top as well as the sides, with a palette knife or spatula evenly.
Decorate the top of the cake with a few more pineapple slices.
Keep the Pineapple Pastry in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours so that the cream icing sets.
Serve the Eggless Pineapple Cake immediately.
Or you can keep it covered in the fridge and then serve later.
It is advisable to finish this Pineapple Cake in a day or two.
Notes
The whipping cream of heavy cream should be fresh. Make sure it has not gone rancid.
You could use fresh pineapple or canned pineapple. If using fresh pineapple, make sure it tastes sweet. If you prefer you can also cook the fresh pineapple cubes with some sugar and water until they are slightly softened but not mushy.
This recipe can be easily scaled up to make for more servings. In this case use two to three small to medium-sized vanilla cake.