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To begin making the Taiwanese Pineapple Cake Recipe, we will first make the the short crust pastry. In a bowl add Maida, salt and butter. Mix the butter well with your fingers into the flour until it resembles a coarse crumble.

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Break an egg, add sugar and milk into the flour and combine all of them together. Add little water if required and form a soft dough.

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Wrap the pastry dough with a cling film, and refrigerate pastry till you make the pineapple stuffing.

To make the pineapple stuffing

1

Chop the pineapple into small pieces, pressure cook the pineapple with 2 tablespoons water for at least 3 whistles.

2

Once done, add pineapple chunks in blender and blend it to form smooth mixture.

3

Heat a saucepan, add pureed pineapple and jaggery and allow it to cook till the jaggery melts. Keep stirring the mixture until the pineapple mixture thickens.

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Once done, allow the mixture too cool completely, and preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.

*To assemble the Taiwanese Pineapple Cake Recipe

1

Take the pastry out from the fridge, divide them into small balls. Flatten each ball little.

2

Add a small amount of pineapple mixture in the middle and bring the fold together to form a ball. Make sure there are no openings. Shape Taiwanese Pineapple Cake, into a square.

3

Place Taiwanese Pineapple Cake on the baking tray, do the same for the rest of the pastry dough. Brush them with butter and little bit of honey.

4

Bake the Taiwanese Pineapple Cake Recipe for at least 20 minutes until it turns golden brown and serve warm.

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Serve the Taiwanese Pineapple Cake Recipe as dessert after a nice meal of Spring Roll, Singapore Rice Noodles Recipe and Chilli Coriander Fried Rice Recipe.