Description
A luxurious tropical cake featuring a moist pineapple-infused sponge, a golden caramelized glaze, and a rich cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups cake flour
- 1.5 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 20 oz crushed pineapple in juice (divided)
- 8 oz full-fat cream cheese
- 4 tbsp butter, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 9-inch cake pan.
- Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla extract.
- Sift together cake flour and baking powder; fold into the wet ingredients.
- Gently fold in 2 cups of crushed pineapple with juice.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Simmer 1/2 cup pineapple juice with 1/4 cup sugar until thickened; pour over warm cake.
- Beat cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar until smooth, then frost the cooled cake.