Best 11 Pineapple Pound Cake Recipes

PINEAPPLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

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

RUM-PINEAPPLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 12 cup Bundt pan with shortening, dust with flour, and shake out excess. Place on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.
• Cream together butter and oil in a large mixing bowl until fluffy, about 1 minute. Slowly pour in 1 cup of sugar and continue to beat until fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating for about 10 seconds per egg. Stir in cake mix and blend until smooth. Add the sour cream, evaporated milk, flour, and vanilla; beat together for 2 to 3 minutes until smooth.
• Bake in preheated oven until cake has a golden brown crust and springs back when pressed with a finger, about 60 to 70 minutes. Let cake sit in the pan for 20 minutes while proceeding to the next step.
• Melt 1/2 cup of butter in a small pan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, and 1/2 cup of sugar; bring to a gentle simmer and stir in the rum. Cook until the sugars have dissolved, then remove from heat. Unmold cake onto a serving dish. Gently poke holes into the cake with a fork or cake tester. Pour glaze evenly over cake. Top with toasted coconut.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter all sides of a 9-by-5-inch nonstick loaf pan, then pour the melted butter into the bottom of the pan. Scatter the dark brown sugar evenly over the melted butter. Arrange 7 slices of pineapple and the maraschino cherries in your preferred design along the bottom and up the sides of the pan, halving the slices as necessary. Place the pan in the refrigerator to chill while the batter is prepared. (This will allow the fruit to set in the butter and minimize shifting when the batter is poured into the pan.)
• Cream the granulated sugar, lemon zest and 2 sticks room-temperature butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium-high speed, scraping the bowl down halfway through, until pale and fluffy, about 6 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
• With the mixer on medium high, add the eggs and egg yolk in 1 at a time, making sure they are fully incorporated between each addition. Reduce the speed to medium-low and add the vanilla and 1/4 cup sour cream; mix until incorporated. Add half of the dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated, then repeat the steps with the remaining sour cream and dry ingredients, making sure to scrape the bowl down between each addition. Add the chopped pineapple and mix until just incorporated, about 15 seconds.
• Remove the prepared loaf pan from the refrigerator and carefully pour in the batter, being careful not to shift the assembled fruit. Using a small offset spatula, carefully spread the batter into the corners and smooth out the top. Give the pan 5 to 10 taps on the counter to release any large air pockets.
• Place a sheet pan on the bottom oven rack and bake the cake on the middle rack until the top is deep golden brown and a cake tester or knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes. Allow the cake to rest for 30 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.

PINEAPPLE-ORANGE POUND CAKE RECIPE - (3.5/5)

Steps:

• 1.Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 10-inch Bundt pan. 2.Combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, 1 cup orange juice, oil and orange peel in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 2 minutes. Pour into prepared pan. 3.Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool 25 minutes in pan. Invert onto serving plate. Combine sugar and 1/4 cup orange juice in small saucepan. Simmer 3 minutes. Brush warm glaze on cake.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray.
• Beat cream cheese and butter together together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add white sugar and mix until light and fluffy. Add eggs and flour in an alternating fashion, starting and ending with an egg and beating well after each addition. Add almond extract, pineapple extract, and food coloring; mix batter well.
• Pour brown sugar evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. Arrange pineapple rings on top of sugar and place a cherry in the center of each. Pour batter evenly over pineapple.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown and springs back when touched lightly, about 45 minutes.

PINEAPPLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving 1 tablespoon juice; set aside (discard remaining juice or save for another use). In a saucepan over low heat, cook and stir brown sugar and butter until sugar is dissolved; add the reserved pineapple juice. Pour into an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish., Cut pineapple slices in half. Arrange in a single layer in three lengthwise rows, alternating the direction of each row. Place a cherry, cut side up, between each pineapple slice. If desired, place pecan halves around the sides of the dish. Carefully spoon batter over the top and spread gently. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes longer or until a toothpick inserted into the cake in the center comes out clean. Immediately invert onto a serving platter. Cool.

PINEAPPLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy
• 2. Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition
• 3. Add flour, sifted with baking powder, alternately with milk
• 4. Add vanilla, stir in 3/4 cup pineapple and juice - blend well
• 5. Pour batter into well greased and floured 10" tube pan. Do not use a bundt pan or small tube pan, this makes a tall cake.
• 6. Place in COLD oven, turn oven to 325 degrees.
• 7. Bake 1 1/2 hours. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan, glaze while cake is still warm.
• 8. GLAZE Combine 1/4 cup butter, 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1 cup pineapple, pour over cake while hot.

RUM AND HONEY GRILLED PINEAPPLE ON TOASTED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan whisk together rum, honey, orange juice and cinnamon.
• Simmer over medium heat 3-5 minutes, until thick and syrupy.
• Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Cut the pineapple into half, lengthwise and then cut each half into six long wedges; you will have 12 pieces.
• Brush the pineapple wedges with the glaze and place on tray.
• Brush melted butter over each side of pound cake slices.
• Barbecue pineapple over medium heat, brushing frequently with glaze and turning occasionally, until caramelized and golden.
• Barbecue pound cake slices, 2 minutes per side, until toasty and warm.
• Serve grilled pineapple and pound cake with scoops of vanilla ice cream sprinkled coconut, and drizzled with remaining rum and honey glaze.

PINEAPPLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar, shortening and butter.
• Add eggs, one at at time, blending well after each addition.
• Add baking powder to the flour and mix into the batter 1/2 cup at a time mixing well after each addition.
• Add milk, vanilla and pineapple with juice to batter and blend well.
• Pour the batter into a well greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
• Place in a cold oven; set oven to 325 degrees and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until done.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 12 cup bundt pan. Lightly flour and tap out excess.
• 2. Whisk flour, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
• 3. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4. Mix yogurt with pineapples in a small bowl.
• 5. Beat flour mixture into butter mixture, low speed, in 3 additions alternating with yogurt mixture, starting and ending with flour. Add coconut extract and vanilla and continue to beat for 3 minutes.
• 6. Pour into prepared bundt pan. Bake for 60 mins at 325 or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place pan on a wire rack to cool for 15 mins. Then turn out cake on the wire rack to cool completely.
• 7. Whisk together pineapple juice and confectioners sugar and drizzle over cooled cake. sprinkle coconut over glaze.
• 8. Options: You could also add 1 tsp.lime rind to batter and make the glaze using lime juice instead of pineapple to give it a pina colada flavor.

PRONTO PINEAPPLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Combine undrained pineapple, whipped topping and pudding mix.
• Let stand 5 minutes.
• Cut cake lengthwise in thirds.
• Drizzle with liqueur.
• Spread 1/3 pudding mixture over bottom layer of cake.
• Top with second layer.
• Repeat layering, ending with pudding.
• Chill 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle with toasted almond slices.