Pineapple Pound Cake Recipes

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.

PINEAPPLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving 1 tablespoon juice; set aside (discard remaining juice or save for another use). In a saucepan over low heat, cook and stir brown sugar and butter until sugar is dissolved; add the reserved pineapple juice. Pour into an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish., Cut pineapple slices in half. Arrange in a single layer in three lengthwise rows, alternating the direction of each row. Place a cherry, cut side up, between each pineapple slice. If desired, place pecan halves around the sides of the dish. Carefully spoon batter over the top and spread gently. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes longer or until a toothpick inserted into the cake in the center comes out clean. Immediately invert onto a serving platter. Cool.

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 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 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.

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 UPSIDE-DOWN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray.
• Beat cream cheese and butter together together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add white sugar and mix until light and fluffy. Add eggs and flour in an alternating fashion, starting and ending with an egg and beating well after each addition. Add almond extract, pineapple extract, and food coloring; mix batter well.
• Pour brown sugar evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. Arrange pineapple rings on top of sugar and place a cherry in the center of each. Pour batter evenly over pineapple.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown and springs back when touched lightly, about 45 minutes.

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.