Chocolate Pineapple Cake (with photo)

[farfallina]

I hope you like it



Ingredients:
70g butter
55g sunflower oil
60g milk
2 tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder
180g sugar
3 eggs
160g flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 bag of vanillin sugar
2 cans of sliced pineapples (1 can = 234g)
50g chocolate chips

Icing sugar (to decorate)


Preparation:

    Put butter, sunflower oil, milk and cocoa powder in TM Bowl, mix for 3-4 minutes at 50ºC on Speed 3-4. Set aside.

    Beat sugar and eggs for 1 minute on Speed 4.
    Add flower, baking powder and vanillin sugar. Mix for 30 seconds on Speed 4.
    Add cocoa mixture and mix for 20 seconds on Speed 4.
    Dice 60g of pineapple and add in TM Bowl. Mix for 20 seconds on Speed 4-5.
    Add chocolate chips and mix for 20 seconds on Speed 2-3.
    Grease a spring form pan around 20-22cm diameter, cover with baking paper.
    Transfer mixture into pan, bake for 35-40 minutes in preheated oven at 180ºC. (You can check with a toothpick if it's cooked)

    Remove it from oven, let it rest in cake pan for 5 minutes, take it out of pan and let it cool.
    Sprinkle with icing sugar and decorate with thinly sliced pineapple. (I  made my pineapple slices thinner by slicing them again in half, so I obtained 2 slices out of 1)


Enjoy..


Adapted with a few changes from the recipe titled Torta di Cioccolato e Ananas in the book named "Pazzi per il Cioccolato"


Photos: http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.it/2012/06/chocolate-pineapple-cake.html

[Amy :-)]

I made this today and am very happy with it so far (haven't cut yet).

Here are some modifications I made:
I used olive oil instead of sunflower because thats all I had.
I reduced the sugar a little to 160g.
I used fresh pineapple and didn't weight it, just chucked in how much I wanted
I doubled the amount of cocoa.
I used 1 tsp vanilla essence instead of the vanillin sugar.
I sprinkled the choc chips (didn't weight these either) and some extra chopped pineapple through the middle of the cake, and then more chopped pineapple on top before baking.
I decorated with melted chocolate and more chopped pineapple.

I'll post another photo when I've cut it. It smelled lovely while cooking and I'm really pleased with how it looked when it came out.

Thanks for another great recipe farfallina

[dede]

Now that looks pretty good Amy
Do you think if I lick my screen I won't add extra calories to my daily amount?

[farfallina]

Amy your photo looks great!!! 
Thank you for sharing it
Amongst your modifications the one i liked more is certainly the melted chocolate
I hope you also enjoy the taste

[Amy :-)]

LOL Mandi, you go ahead and lick your screen. Your kids will think you're crazy
You are very welcome to come over and have a cup of tea and a little slice of my cake...

Amy your photo looks great!!! 
Thank you for sharing it
Amongst your modifications the one i liked more is certainly the melted chocolate
I hope you also enjoy the taste

Thank you so much farfallina, for both the recipe and your lovely comment
I can't wait for dessert tonight Maybe I should be like Garfield and eat dessert first!

[Amy :-)]

I have another photo

This is a great cake to have for dessert with icecream because it is so moist and delicious!!

Thanks so much again for the recipe farfallina

[farfallina]

I like its soft texture too Amy
Thank you for all your photos! 

[goldfish]

LOL Mandi, you go ahead and lick your screen. Your kids will think you're crazy
You are very welcome to come over and have a cup of tea and a little slice of my cake...

Amy your photo looks great!!! 
Thank you for sharing it
Amongst your modifications the one i liked more is certainly the melted chocolate
I hope you also enjoy the taste

I can't wait for dessert tonight Maybe I should be like Garfield and eat dessert first!

A really gorgeous looking cake, Amy!  Many thanks to you and  to Farfallina especially for the recipe!!  Have taken note of all the notes and it's firmly on to-do list . . maybe even this weekend!

[Amy :-)]

Thanks GF Love the cartoon!

I'm looking forward to hearing how yours turns out when you make it. It's a really lovely cake

[farfallina]

Let's hope you enjoy it too goldfish