- A pound cake made with pineapple and glazed with pineapple sauce. Unlike most cakes, you will not preheat the oven on this one.
PREPARATION TIME:
Ingredients
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ¾ cups white sugar
- 6 eggs
- 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup crushed pineapple with juice
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
Directions
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Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour, and baking powder. Set aside.
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In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, 1 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with milk; beat well. Stir in the 3/4 cup crushed pineapple.
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Pour into 10 inch tube pan. Place in cold oven. Turn oven to 325 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake for 90 minutes or until top springs back when touched. Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes. Remove carefully from pan.
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To make the glaze: In a small saucepan, combine 1/4 cup butter, confectioners sugar and 1 cup crushed pineapple. heat and stir until melted. Pour over cake as soon as it comes out of the pan.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| 500 | Calories |
| 26g | Fat |
| 61g | Carbs |
| 6g | Protein |
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Per Recipe 14 | |
| Calories 500 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 26g | 34% |
| Saturated Fat 14g | 71% |
| Cholesterol 128mg | 43% |
| Sodium 175mg | 8% |
| Total Carbohydrate 61g | 22% |
| Dietary Fiber 1g | 4% |
| Total Sugars 40g | |
| Protein 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin C 2mg | 3% |
| Calcium 54mg | 4% |
| Iron 2mg | 10% |
| Potassium 109mg | 2% |
