Pineapple Ginger Cake

📝 Ingredients

• 2 cups pineapple (pureed in a food processor)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 star anise
• 1 cup all purpose flour (plus a little extra to dust the baking pan)
• 3 eggs
• 2 tbs ginger (finely grated)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbs baking powder
• 1 tbs cinnamon powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup melted butter (plus a little extra to grease the baking pan)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1In a pan, heat 2 tsp butter and then, add pineapple puree, brown sugar and star anise.
2. 2We need to caramelize the pineapple. So, keep cooking in low heat until you see that it becomes light brown in color.
3. 3Then, remove star anise from the pan, keep it aside and let it cool.
4. 4In a bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients - egg, flour, ginger, vanilla extract, butter, milk, cinnamon and baking powder (Mix the dry ingredients first and then, mix the wet ingredients to the dry ones).
5. 5Add caramelized pineapple to the bowl and keep whisking until the batter looks smooth with no lumps.
6. 6Grease the baking pan and dust it with some flour.
7. 7Pour the batter and bake it at 375 F for about 50 minutes. It should feel set when you press in the center.