Karens Luau Pineapple Cake Roll Recipes

PINEAPPLE CAKE ROLL

Steps:

• For the coconut sponge cake: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat an 11-by-17-inch rimmed baking sheet or jelly roll pan with cooking spray; line the bottom with parchment and spray the parchment.
• Add the egg whites and lemon juice to a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on medium speed until soft peaks form, about 3 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar and increase the speed to medium high; beat until stiff peaks form, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Whisk the egg yolks together with the milk, vegetable oil and coconut extract in a separate large bowl until smooth. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar together into a medium bowl; whisk into the yolk mixture until smooth. Stir about a third of the whites into the batter with a rubber spatula, then fold in the remaining whites in 2 batches.
• Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean but the cake is still pale, 12 to 14 minutes.
• Immediately sift confectioners' sugar generously over the top of the warm cake and loosen the edges with a knife; lay a clean kitchen towel (not terry cloth) over the cake. Place another baking sheet over the towel and flip the baking sheets to invert the cake onto the towel. Remove the top baking sheet and parchment. Starting at a short end, roll up the cake and towel together into a spiral. Transfer seam-side down to a rack and let cool completely, about 1 hour.
• For the frosting and cream: Add the butter and salt to a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until smooth and fluffy, about 1 minute. Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar until smooth. Add the coconut cream and beat on medium-high speed until thick, about 2 minutes. Transfer 2 cups of the frosting to a large piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Set aside.
• Add the toasted coconut flakes, chopped cherries and maraschino cherry liquid to the remaining frosting in the mixer and mix on low speed until combined. Transfer 1/2 cup of the maraschino cream to a small piping bag.
• Dry the cored pineapples with paper towels. Stand them upright on a baking sheet and pipe the maraschino cream into the center of each. Tap each pineapple on the baking sheet to pack in the cream, then pipe in more to fill.
• Gently unroll the cake. Spread the remaining maraschino cream over the cake, leaving about a 1/4-inch border. Arrange the pineapples end to end in a row in the middle of the cake, lining up the cores. Bring the ends of the cake up and together around the pineapples. Trim any cake that is overlapping so the ends just meet. Trim the short ends with a serrated knife to create a clean edge. Turn the cake seam-side down.
• Pipe the white frosting on top of the cake to decorate and garnish with the toasted coconut chips, dried pineapple rings and maraschino cherries.

KAREN'S LUAU PINEAPPLE CAKE ROLL

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Drain pineapple and reserve 3/4 cup of juice and 1/2 cup pineapple for topping.
• In a med. mixing bowl combine remaining pineapple,brown sugar,coconut,nuts,1 tsp.vanilla,cinnamon,ginger and cloves and mix well.
• Spread in the bottom of a 15 x 10 jelly roll pan and set aside.
• In a med. mixing bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
• Gradually add 1/3 cup sugar and beat until stiff but not dry and set aside.
• In a lg. mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and pale yellow.
• Gradually add 1/3 cup sugar and 1/2 vanilla.
• Gently fold egg whites into egg yolk mixture.
• Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• Gently fold flour mixture into egg mixture.
• Spread cake batter evenly over pineappple mixture in pan.
• Bake in oven preheated to 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
• Loosen cake around edges and invert on flour sack towel sprinkled with powdered sugar and let stand 3-4 minutes.
• Roll in jelly roll fashion and let cool.
• Garnish with pineapple topping.
• Pineapple topping:.
• In small sauce pan, combine pineapple juice with sugar and cornstarch and mix well.
• Cook over med. heat, stirring constantly, until clear and thickened.
• Remove for heat,stir in pineapple and cool.
• Spread on top of cake roll and sprinkle with coconut.

KAREN'S PINEAPPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, gently mix all cake ingrediants together by hand. Pour into an ungreased 13" x 9" x 2" baking pan. Bake 30-40 minutes, until top springs back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on rack.
• For frosting, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Gradually blend in confectioner's sugar and vanilla. Beat until fluffy. Spread on cool cake. Arrange nuts on top to suit you fancy.