Pineapple cake

I love baking but it’s not something I will do when there are only two of us
(my teen leaves in 13 days)

Yesterday I decided to experiment, and it went super well.

Normal pantry items, quick and easy, chock full of fruit

Recipe

Recipe *
1 tin of pineapple (drained)
1tsp baking soda
½ cup water
125gm softened butter
1/3 cup brown sugar (the pineapple is super sweet but we also like low sugar so add more to taste)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour (I used wholemeal)
1 cup raisins/sultanas or other dried fruit (optional)

Method
Heat oven to 160°
Grease a cake tin (I used a silicon one with baking paper inside)
Whizz the pineapple in the food processor to form a pulp
Dissolve the baking soda in the water
Add water/soda, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and flour
Combine
Add dried fruit and stir to combine
Pour into cake tin
Bake for approx. 50-55 minutes or until skewer comes out clean

*Based on Annabelle Langbein’s Orange Lightning Cake

Judith, MA Cantab (Cambridge University), MSc Psychology (first-class honours), is working on a PhD, is an AOTA accredited picky eating advisor, and internationally certified nutritional therapist and neuro-motor development practitioner. She works with 100+ families every year resolving fussy eating and returning pleasure and joy to the meal table.

She is also mum to two boys and the author of Creating Confident Eaters and Winner Winner I Eat Dinner. Her dream is that every child can approach food from a place of safety and joy, not fear.

Learn more about Judith here: https://theconfidenteater.com/about/