Pineapple Pound Cake

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: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 2 hr
• Calories: 500 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ cup butter
• 1 ¾ cups white sugar
• ¼ cup milk
• 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
• 6 large eggs eggs
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• ¾ cup crushed pineapple with juice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour, and baking powder. Set aside.

Step 2

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.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.