Pineapple Cake

Ingredients

• 1Basic vanilla sponge (see recipe), 8-inch
• 1/2 cupVanilla soaking syrup (see recipe)
• 3/4 cupTinned pineapple chunks
• 1/2 cupPineapple crush or compote
• 2 cupsWhipped cream
• 1/2 tspPineapple essence
• a few dropsYellow food colour
• 6Glace cherries (decoration)

Method

1. 1

   Flavour half the whipped cream with pineapple essence and a few drops of yellow colour. Keep the rest white.

2. 2

   Drain the pineapple chunks; reserve 2 tbsp of the syrup. Mix into your soaking syrup.

3. 3

   Slice the vanilla sponge into 3 layers.

4. 4

   On each layer: soak with pineapple syrup, spread yellow cream, scatter chopped pineapple chunks. Stack.

5. 5

   Crumb-coat with white cream. Chill 15 minutes.

6. 6

   Final coat with white cream. Pipe yellow cream borders. Decorate the top with pineapple chunks and glace cherries.