I enjoy making this light dessert during the summer. A shortbread crust, a cream cheese layer, fresh strawberries, and a gelatin glaze are the main ingredients. If desired, garnish with more whipped cream upon serving.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 9-inch round layer cake |
Ingredients
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple rings, drained
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 9 tablespoons cake flour
- 1 ⅛ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, softened
- 6 large eggs
- 1 ⅛ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ⅛ cups sour cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease the bottom and sides of two 9-inch round, 1 1/2-inch tall cake pans.
- Combine brown sugar and butter for topping in a saucepan over medium heat; stir until sugar dissolves and mixture is bubbly, about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Pour mixture into one of the prepared cake pans. Arrange pineapple rings in a single layer on top.
- Whisk together both flours, baking powder, and salt for cake in a large mixing bowl. Beat sugar and butter in a separate bowl with an electric mixer until creamy and light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream in two additions each, beating well after each addition.
- Pour 1/2 of the cake batter over the caramel and pineapple topping. Pour remaining cake batter into the second cake pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let sit in the pans for 5 minutes. Turn the cake without the topping layer onto a serving platter. Turn the cake with the topping layer on top of that. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 730 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 93 g |
| Cholesterol | 184 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 23 g |
| Sodium | 251 mg |
| Sugars | 68 g |
| Fat | 38 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I love this recipe! The only thing I did differently was that I doubled the topping except for the pineapple. I covered the bottom layer with the brown sugar and butter mixture but no pineapple. The top layer I made exactly as directed. It was fabulous!