Pineapple Cake 凤梨蛋糕 CNY 2016

Pineapple Cake

      Ingredients:
      100g fresh pineapple cubes
      50g pineapple paste (store bought)
      15g rice flour
      40g wholemeal superfine flour Prima brand)
      60g almond meal (ground almond)
      3 large eggs, separated
      45g sugar
      1/2 tbsp lemon juice
      45g caster sugar
      60g melted butter

      Method:

• Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Grease and line the base of a 7 inch (18cm) round cake pan.
• Puree pineapple cubes and blend well with pineapple paste and lemon juice, set aside.
• Combine rice flour, wholemeal superfine flour and almond powder in a bowl, mix well.
• Beat egg yolks and 20g sugar on high speed till the mixture is thick. Fold in flour ingredients, pineapple puree and melted butter with a rubber spatula, set aside.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites to soft peak stage then add 25g sugar and beat to stiff peak.
• Gently fold the egg whites into the flour mixture in 2 batches with a rubber spatula and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for approximately 50 minutes until cooked through or skewer inserted to the cake comes out clean.
• Allow the cake to set in the pan for 5 minutes then turn onto a cake rack to cool.

      做法：

• 预热烤箱摄氏180度。 准备一个7寸圆烤盘，抹油底部铺纸。
• 将凤梨丁打成泥，然后和凤梨馅，柠檬汁拌匀，备用。
• 粘米粉，全麦粉及杏仁粉混合均匀在一个碗里。
• 用高速度把蛋黄和20克细糖搅打至松发。拌入粉料，凤梨汁和融化牛油，用橡皮刮刀翻拌均匀。
• 将蛋白搅打起，加入25克细糖继续搅打至硬发性。
• 用橡皮刮刀把蛋白霜分2次翻拌入蛋糊里至均匀即可。倒入烤盘里，烤约50分钟至熟透或竹签插入蛋糕内部，拔出没有粘糊，就表示熟了。
• 让蛋糕连烤盘待凉约5分钟，才取出放在凉架上待凉。