Welcome to my Air fryer Pineapple Cake recipe.
What I love about a pineapple is how big they are and how PERFECT they are for when you want to stick to frugal family meals and want to stretch out your pineapple.
As you know this month is all about frugal family meals and cooking on a budget, but at the same time eating well.
In other words eating like a king on the budget of a servant!
When I get a pineapple it will usually cost me about 3 euros. It will be about 3 kilos so it is generally a euro a kilo.
It will then be chopped up into cubes (thanks Dominic for chopping up every pineapple I have ever bought!) and it will fill one of those super sized mixing bowls.
Can You Recommend An Air Fryer?
I often get asked which air fryers I recommend and which one I use. In 95% of our air fryer recipes, we use either the Philips Air Fryer XL or the Cosori XL because they are the best ones, we have found out of many air fryers we have tried over the years. You can click on the links above and read up on them. But if you would rather have a dual air fryer we recommend this Ninja Dual (make sure you order the right one as not all are good) or the Philips Dual.
You know the sort. The ones that are so big you only ever us it when you are making a big batch of bread or doing loads of baking.
It will then last us about two weeks and we will use it in all kinds of dishes.
It will go in the slow cooker for some delicious sweet and sour chicken, for some Hawaiian chicken and pineapple, for pizza, for cheese on sticks, in salads, in stir fry meals and so on.
But the mistake many make is that they don’t use it enough in desserts. It is lovely in a pineapple cake, heated up with some cinnamon sprinkled on top or even better in a sundae.
In this recipe I am taking my classic fruit cake recipe and then adapting it for pineapple. So if you have some leftover pineapple then give it a go like this.
Can You Bake In An Air Fryer?
Yes, you absolutely can bake in the air fryer. With the air fryer, it’s a small space but with air technology moving the heat around, means that air fryer baking is often better than the oven. Plus, the air fryer doesn’t need a preheat.
Some of my favourite air fryer bakes include air fryer cheesecake, air fryer chocolate chip cookies, air fryer chicken pie and air fryer apple crumble.
Can I Bake A Cake With An Air Fryer?
You can bake a cake with an air fryer, and it will be more moist and cook faster when compared to a cake baked in the oven. Plus, like with general air fryer baking, there is no preheat required. We recommend you start with our air fryer chocolate cake, or our air fryer sprinkle cake.
Can I Use A Regular Cake Pan In The Air Fryer?
You can use a regular cake pan in the air fryer made of metal, ceramic or silicone. We recommend silicone since the cakes are much easier to remove and just need a wipe clean.
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Air Fryer Pineapple Cake
Ingredients
- Philips Airfryer
- 225 g Self Raising Flour
- 100 g Butter
- 100 g Caster Sugar
- 200 g Pineapple chopped into chunks
- 100 ml Pineapple Juice
- 50 g Dark Chocolate grated
- 1 Medium Eggs
- 2 Tbsp Whole Milk
Instructions
- Preheat the Airfryer to 200c and grease a cake tin.
- In a bowl mix the butter into the flour. Rub it in until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the sugar, add the pineapple chunks and juice and add the dark chocolate. Put to one side.
- Beat the egg and milk together in a jug.
- Mix the liquid to the breadcrumbs mixture until you have a soft cake mixture.
- Cook in the Airfryer for 40 minutes on a 200c heat.
- Rest for 10 minutes and then serve.
Notes
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