True Gold Pineapple & Poppy Seed Travel Cake
Part 1: True Gold Pineapple Cake
Ingredients
Method- 475g Flour
- 50g deZaan True Gold Cocoa Powder
- 2g Baking Soda
- 400g Butter
- 100g Coconut Yogurt
- 400g Granulated Sugar
- 100g Pineapple Puree
- 30g Poppy Seed
- 250g Eggs
- Sift all the dry ingredients excluding sugar. Reserve until ready to use.
- In a mixing bowl, add butter, yogurt, and sugar. Mix until light and slightly fluffy.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
- Add the eggs and puree. Mix until combined.
- Bake in a loaf pan with tube insert (creating a hole throughout whole cake) at 165ºC/329ºF for approx. 30-40 minutes (checking for readiness).
Part 2: Pineapple Compote
Ingredients
Method- 100g Granulated Sugar
- 500g Pineapple (fresh and diced)
- In a saucepan, add sugar and pineapple. Cook until the pineapple is cooked through.
- Once cooked, transfer the compote to a heat proof container and let it cool down completely.
- Transfer to a piping bag and fill the center of the cake.
Part 3: Stellar Poppy Seed Glaze
Ingredients
Method- 120g deZaan Stellar Cocoa Butter
- 120g Granulated Sugar
- 120g Milk Powder
- Yellow Food Coloring (optional)
- 50g Poppy Seeds
- Melt the cocoa butter over a bain-marie to 45ºC/113ºF.
- Add sugar, milk powder, and food coloring (optional). Blend with an immersion blender until smooth (careful not to add any air into the glaze).
- Add back to the bain-marie and bring back up to 50ºC/122ºF.
- Take off the heat and fold in the poppy seeds. Use immediately or reserve in the refrigerator until ready to glaze.
- Warm up the reserved glaze to 45ºC/113ºF for glazing.
Part 4: Assembly
Ingredients
Method- Pineapple Chips (for decoration)
- Once all the components are made and the cake has been filled with pineapple compote, place the cake on a rack and glaze.
- Finish with pineapple chips.
