Vegetarian
Recipes - Pineapple and Ginger Cake Recipe
Pineapple
and Ginger Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Serve
8
1 1/2 cups/225 g all purpose/plain
flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup/125 g butter
1 cup/200 g granulated sugar
2 eggs
2/3 cup/80 g sweetened shredded coconut
4 oz/125 g canned pineapple,
un-drained and broken up pieces of candied
ginger, to decorate
Pineapple
Frosting:
2 tbsp butter
1 1/2 cups/225 g confectioners'/icing
sugar
1 tsp ground ginger
4 tbsp pineapple
juice
Method:
Preheat
the oven to 325°F/170°C/gas 3.
Butter a 10 1/2-inch (26-cm) spring form pan and line
with waxed paper.
Sift the flour, baking powder, ginger, and salt into
a medium bowl.
Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an
electric mixer at high speed until creamy.
Add the eggs, beating until just blended.
Mix in the dry ingredients, coconut, and pineapple.
Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for
40-45
minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the
center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a rack
and let cool completely.
Pineapple Frosting: Beat the butter, confectioners'
sugar, and ginger in a small bowl. Gradually beat in
the pineapple juice to make a smooth frosting.
Spread the frosting over the cake and decorate with
candied ginger.