Eggless Pineapple Pastry Recipe

Craving something sweet and tropical? Wave hello to our Eggless Pineapple Pastry! 

Just like my other eggless bakes — eggless vanilla cupcakes, eggless red velvet cupcakes, butterscotch cupcakes, or eggless marble cupcakes, this step-by-step recipe offers the irresistible taste of store-bought pastries in the comfort of your home. 

Every bite of this egg-free delicacy promises to cater to your sweet cravings without compromising on its texture or flavor.

What is Eggless Pineapple Pastry Recipe

Boasting one of the most loved flavors around the world, a pineapple cake doesn’t need any introduction!

Adorned with a velvety smooth whipped cream frosting, this eggless pineapple pastry is a perfect amalgamation of moist sponge cake layers infused with fresh pineapples’ sweet and tangy essence that emanates zesty flavors.

Each component of this creamy sweet indulgence harmoniously blends to create a marvelous extravaganza of flavors that taste like a slice of paradise, bursting with a refreshing pineapple flavor.

Reasons You’ll ♡ Eggless Pineapple Pastry Recipe

Whether you are a novice cook or an expert in the kitchen, this easy-to-follow recipe promises to take you on a delightful baking adventure in no time and you will love this recipe as it is —

• Delicious and blissfully decadent
• Super easy to bake
• Drool-worthy moist and spongy fluffiness
• A perfect make-ahead recipe to impress guests, and
• Contains no artificial colors or flavors!

The best part is, these pineapple pastries make a perfect snack to introduce on special occasions like birthdays, potlucks, and events to impress your friends and loved ones.

Pack these in the tiffin and let your little ones take you by surprise.

So, get ready to experience guilt-free indulgence with this homemade eggless pastry.

Ingredient List for Eggless Pineapple Pastry Recipe

All-purpose flour — As the base ingredient of the recipe, all-purpose flour contributes to the pastry’s structure, texture, and stability. Fresh all-purpose flour is the key to the tastiest and most well-baked cake.  

Baking Powder — The primary purpose of using this leavening agent when making a cake is to provide the batter with the necessary lift and aeration. It makes the batter light and fluffy while baking, ensuring that the resulting cake is soft, airy, and feather-like textured. 

Salt — The all-sweet cake batter is balanced with a pinch of salt addition that also deepens the flavors of other ingredients used in the recipe. 

Baking Soda — Used as another leavening agent, baking soda helps the cake to rise better and helps create a tender crumb. It also contributes to the cake’s overall texture, making the pastry moist, fluffy, and decadent. However, ensure it is added in a restricted amount to avoid excessive rise or a bitter aftertaste in the pastry.

Sugar — Regular sugar is added as a sweetener for this recipe. It elevates the overall flavor of the pastry. 

Oil — Oil lends the necessary moistness to the cake batter and contributes to its texture. Butter can be substituted for oil if you prefer.

Pineapple Essence — A few drops of pineapple essence enrich the pastry with tropical flavors, making it truly irresistible. Make sure you get the BEST quality essence for the best flavor. 

Milk — Milk is added to the batter for some extra moisture. It also brings more richness to the texture of the pastry. Or you can use buttermilk ( a combination of milk + vinegar) instead.

Vinegar — White distilled vinegar helps retain the moistness and lends fluffiness to the pastry. However, it is added in moderation as more of it will lend a sour taste and may ruin the recipe’s flavor. 

Cream — Homemade whipped cream is used for making the frosting for our gorgeous pastry. Full-fat whipping cream is preferred to achieve the best results.

Pineapple juice — An absolute must-have ingredient for this recipe, pineapple juice makes the pastry more flavorful and delicious. 

Cherries — For adding a glamorous touch to our irresistible treats.

Pineapple Slices — For layering the cake slices and extra flavor. Chop them into small cubes and layer the cake. 

Eggless Pineapple pastry Recipe Tips and Variations

Time-saving hack — You can make this recipe from scratch, just like I have made. Or, to save time, you can use a store-bought cake mix as the base layer. The choice is entirely yours. The results will be great either way. 

Measuring the ingredients correctly is the key — Inadequate or improper amounts of ingredients directly impact the success of the baked product. Improper measurement leads to an unbalanced batter, resulting in a dry, dense, or overly moist cake. Proper measurements ensure that the desired balance of cake’s texture and flavor is maintained. Therefore, when preparing the batter, take care to measure the ingredients accurately.

Fresh ingredients give perfect results —Expired or old ingredients, especially the leavening agents, have lost their potency over time; therefore, they should be avoided altogether. These do not help the cake rise or fluff properly if used. So, every time you plan to bake, check for the shelf life of the leavening agents. It is an important step not to be missed.

Sift the ingredients for a lighter and fluffier cake — Sifting helps to break any lumps and incorporate air into the dry ingredients, making the cake airy and light. This allows the batter to become more consistent and rise properly. Sifting also ensures that the leavening agents are evenly distributed throughout the dry ingredients. 

Bring the ingredients to room temperature — Before adding to the cake batter, make sure the ingredients are at room temperature, as this ensures an even mixing that allows better incorporation and emulsification of ingredients. This results in a more consistent, smoother batter and a lighter and fluffier cake. Moreover, ingredients at room temperature promote even baking, leading to a delightful crumb structure. 

Dilemma over butter or oil? Well, both work great! Preference is purely yours. However, the advantage of using oil over butter is that butter freezes in the refrigerator, hardening the cake, while oil-based cakes remain soft and moist under similar conditions. 

Abstain from over-mixing the batter — Over-aerating the batter leads to dense and chewy pastry; therefore, mix until just combined. We only want a sufficient amount of air to trap in the batter for the fluffiest cake. Overdoing will lead to adverse results. 

Buttermilk adds a delightful moistness — Buttermilk is the best choice for making the moistest eggless pineapple pastry, as it is thick in consistency. It tenderizes the gluten in the batter owing to its acidic behavior and helps turn the cake super spongy. Milk and vinegar can be used in place of buttermilk if desired.

Avoid a soggy cake layer — Avoid adding too much pineapple juice to the cake layers, as this will make the cake soggy and difficult to handle. Drizzle the juice moderately to flavor the cake and not saturate it.

Sweet addition of flavors — For the ultimate tropical-flavored pastry, this lovely creation has to be completely drenched with pineapple flavor, which makes it imperative to add some juiciness to the cake to elevate the fruit flavor. The base of this pastry is a pineapple-flavored sponge cake, and the pineapple juice drizzled over it enhances the taste of the pineapple, taking the deliciousness to the next level. I have used the syrup from the canned pineapples in this recipe. However, you can prepare regular sugar syrup and flavor it with pineapple essence to use as an alternative in case you don’t have the pineapple syrup at hand.

Altering the sweetness — The eggless cake layer is moderately sweetened for this recipe. However, you may modify the sweetness by adding more sugar to the cake batter.

Let me know what you think!

This soft and airy Pineapple Pastry is an absolute must-try recipe. Don’t wait anymore if the pictures above excite you and leave you drooling.

Let’s steer right away to the kitchen, whip up this irresistible masterpiece, and allow ourselves to indulge in a slice of tropical blissfulness.

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