Friday, July 8, 2011

Eggless Pound cake -Dressed Up



This is an egg-less pound cake with whipped topping and a pineapple filling in between.

For Egg-less pound cake:
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all purpose flour - 2 1/4 cups
butter - 1 1/2 sticks or 3/4 cup
condensed milk - 1 1/2 cup
baking powder - 1 1/2 tsp
baking soda - 1/2 tsp
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
plain soda water- 1 1/2 cup

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease the baking tray with butter.
Take the flour, baking powder and baking soda and sieve then together.
In a wide mixing bowl, whisk together softened butter and condensed milk until smooth.
Add some flour, some soda and whisk it well, repeat until all flour and soda are done. Do not add them all at once .Add them in 3 or 4 additions.
Whisk in vanilla essence.
Pour into the prepared dish and bake it for 35 to 40 minutes.

For whipped cream
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heavy whipping cream - 2 to 3 cups
vanilla extract - 1 tsp
sugar - 2 tbsp

Take whipping cream into a bowl.
Start whipping slowly until soft peak forms.
Now add sugar and continue whipping until thick peak forms.
Once done keep covered with a plastic wrap in refrigerator unit ready to frost.

For pineapple filling
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1/2 of a pineapple chopped small
sugar - 1 cup

Cook the pineapple over medium heat.
Keep in low flame,add sugar and keep stirring until dissolved.
Let it cool.

Assemble and decorate
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Bake the cake and let it cool.
Cut into 2 layers. Spread pineapple filling in between.
Frost outside with whipped cream.

For a simple decoration I have made a flower out of jelly bean rolled out and some chocolate dress ups.

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