Taiwan / Desserts

Pineapple cakes

Name: Pineapple cakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12 portions
Cuisine: Taiwan
Ingredients: 600 g pineapple, finely chopped; 60 g sugar for filling; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 180 g plain flour; 30 g cornflour; 120 g butter, softened; 40 g icing sugar; 1 egg yolk; 1 tbsp milk

Small butter pastries enclosing a tangy cooked-pineapple filling.

Prep45 min

Cook30 min

Yield12 portions

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Editorial home-cooking adaptation · Not yet kitchen-tested. Timings are estimates; additional soaking, rising or chilling may apply. Read the complete method before starting.

Ingredients

12 portions

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Let’s make it.

Simmer pineapple, filling sugar and lemon juice 25–35 minutes, stirring often, until thick enough to hold a mound. Cool completely.
Beat butter and icing sugar, mix in yolk and milk, then flour and cornflour. Chill dough 30 minutes. Heat oven to 170°C.
Divide dough and filling into 12 portions. Wrap each filling portion fully in dough and shape into small thick rectangles on a lined tray.
Bake about 25–30 minutes until golden and pastry is fully cooked. Cool before handling.

A little kitchen note

Filling cooking, cooling and dough chilling add about 90 minutes beyond active prep. Yield is 12 small cakes. Home-cooking adaptation; not kitchen-tested. Check ingredient labels.

Allergen notes

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A little nourishment.

Illustrative nutrition estimate · Per listed portion (1/12 of the recipe)

Energy: 200 kcal
Protein: 2.1 g
Carbs: 29.3 g
Fat: 8.8 g
Fibre: 1.6 g
Total sugar: 13.7 g
Sodium: 3 mg

Approximate generic ingredient estimates, not verified nutrition labels. Includes quantified optional ingredients; unquantified “as needed” salt, oils or garnishes may be excluded. Brands, substitutions, portions and cooking change values. Nutrition stays per portion when batch quantities are scaled. How we estimate nutrition

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