Ingredients
Ingredient | Amount | Notes |
Brown Sugar | 1/2 Cup | |
Wheat Flour | 2 Cups | All Purpose |
Sugar | 1 Cup | White |
Butter | 1/2 Cup | Room Temperature |
Margarine | 1/2 Cup | Room Temperature |
Eggs | 4 | Room Temperature |
Yogurt | 3 Table Spoon | 3-5% Fat |
Baking Powder | 1 Tea Spoon | |
Baking Soda | 1/4 Tea Spoon | |
Salt | 1/4 Tea Spoon | |
Orange Blossom Water | 1 Table Spoon | Extract of Orange Flower |
Fresh Pineapple | 6 Slices | 1 cm Thick |
Grapes or Sour Cherries | 6 Pieces | Used as Center of Flowers |
Instructions
Preparation
1 – Wash the pineapple, peel, and slice it to 1 Centimetre slices. Remove the core.

2 -Cut the pineapple slices in smaller pieces with the petal flower shape.
3 – In a medium size bowl add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and mix well. Grease a 13 by 8 inches baking pan and lay down inside a parchment paper.

4 – Use pineapple pieces and the sour cherries (grapes) to form a flower bouquet at the bottom of the pan.

5 – Fill the bottom gaps with brown sugar.

6 – Turn on the oven and set the baking temperature to 360 °F (180 °C).
Making
7 – Add sugar and margarine in the mixer bowl. Using the wire hook beat with high speed until white and fluffy.

8 -Add eggs one by one, orange zest, orange blossom water, and continue to mix.
9 – Reduce the speed to low and add half of the flour, continue to mix, then add another half. Do not overmix.
10 – Remove the bowl from the mixer, add yogurt, and mix slowly with a spatula. Pour mixture to the pan over the pineapple decoration slowly, spread evenly.

10 – Bake on medium level rack for 30 minutes or until gold and brown.
11 – Remove the cake from oven, place a cooling rack on top of the pan and carefully flip the cake over the rack.

12 – Remove the parchment paper from the top, and let it to cool at room temperature.

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