Taiwanese Pineapple Cake Recipe - Shortcrust Pastry Cake

How to make Taiwanese Pineapple Cake Recipe - Shortcrust Pastry Cake

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Wrap the pastry dough with a cling film, and refrigerate pastry till you 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.

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

5. *To assemble the Taiwanese Pineapple Cake Recipe

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.