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The Best Pineapple Cake
Ingredients
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  • subheading: Pineapple Cake:
  • 2¼ cups ( 270 g) flour - plain, all purpose flour
  • ¼ cup ( 25 g) cornstarch - also known as cornflour in some countries
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1¼ cups ( 250 g) white granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs - room temperature. I use size 7 eggs
  • ¾ cup ( 160 g) unflavoured vegetable oil - I use canola oil
  • 2½ cups ( 566 g) canned crushed pineapple - in pineapple juice (not syrup - see note 5). 20 oz can in the US.
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence/extract
  • 1½ tbsp ( 20 g) fresh lemon juice
  • subheading: Pineapple Cake Filling:
  • ¾ cup ( 170 g) canned crushed pineapple - in pineapple juice (not syrup - see note 5).
  • ¼ cup ( 50 g) white granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup ( 25 g) cornstarch
  • ¾ cup ( 175 g) milk - full fat
  • 1 tbsp ( 15 g) fresh lemon juice
  • ¼ cup ( 56 g) unsalted butter - cold and cut into cubes.
  • 1 drop yellow gel food colour - OPTIONAL (see note 4).
  • subheading: Pineapple Whipped Cream Frosting:
  • 1 cup ( 225 g) mascarpone - cold. See note 1 if you don't want to use mascarpone.
  • ½ cup ( 55 g) icing sugar - also known as powdered sugar or confectioners sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence/extract
  • 1½ cups ( 335 g) whipping cream - cold, minimum fat percentage of 34%
  • ½ cup ( 112 g) canned crushed pineapple - with the excess pineapple juice removed (see note 2).
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