Pineapple cake

Before I start today's recipe I must share something with you all. I was not at all good on making cake while I was in India. But after I came here I started making really tasty cakes.Do you know why? I was not patience enough to make a cake. But as I have lot of free time in my hand I am making cakes very patiently and carefully.So one thing about making a good cake is patience; irrespective of wherever you are or whatever is happening , you have to give full concentration on your cake if you want to make really good cakes.

Ingredients:

For Cake:

• 250gms flour
• 250gms of granulated sugar
• 75gms butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

For Icing:

• 2 cups of whipping cream
• 1 cup of icing sugar(approximately)

For Decoration:

• 1 small pineapple(cut in small slice)
• 2-3 strawberries 

Procedure:

• Break all four eggs and pour it in a mixing bowl.
• Start beating it with the help of hand mixer in a medium speed.
• Slowly add the sugar and keep on beating until you mix all the sugar and the mixture become double in size and very very light weight.
• Melt the butter in microwave and add it in the mixture.Don't pour it hot.Let it cool down a little bit then add it.
• Add vanilla in it and beat it for another 5-10 minutes.
• Now sieve the flour on the mixture and mix it very slowly and carefully.
• Grease two cake tin with oil or butter and sprinkle some flour in it.
• Pour equal amount of cake mixture on both the tins.
• Preheat your oven at 350degree Fahrenheit or 180 degree Celsius.
• Bake it for 15-20mins.
• For making icing, take a bowl,pour the whipping cream and start beating it in a high speed.
• Start adding icing sugar in it.Do not add all at a time.Keep on beating until you mix all the sugar.when it will become nice and foamy stop beating.One more thing you can do to check if it reaches to right consistency or not.With the help of the whisk or spoon take off some cream and turn it backward.If the cream do not drop from the spoon then you will understand that it is in right consistency.
• Blend some pineapple in a mixture and squeeze the juice from it.Then add a teaspoon of sugar and mix it well.
• Take both the cake and sprinkle about 2 teaspoon of the juice on each cake.If your cake top is not even then cut it evenly with a flat knife because we want a layered cake and for that even cake is must.
• Take a spatula or flat knife and add a good quantity of whipped cream on top of each cake and flatten it properly.
• Place pineapple slice on top of one cake.Put as much slice as you can but make sure that the slice are thin.You can make thick slice as well but in that case it will be difficult to cut the cake.
• Put the other cake on top of it putting the cream side downward.
• Now take some more icing and cover the top and the edges of the cake with it.Remember one thing , this icing is just a start up this is not a final icing so do not put lot of whipped cream,rather take small amount of cream and spread it across evenly so that it forms a very thin layer on the cake.
• Put it in the refrigerator for an hour.
• After an hour we will do second layer of icing.Now take a good quantity of whipped cream and spread it all over the cake.Flatten it with a flat knife or spatula and make a smooth ,flat icing.
• Put it into the refrigerator again for an hour.
• After that fill you piping bag and decorate your cake with whipped cream,strawberry and pineapple.I used some star cones to decorate it , you can choose your own decoration style.Now your cake is ready to serve.

I am really sorry that I was not being able to take step by step picture of this recipe as I had to concentrate on each step.But I promise that the next time I will make this cake I will take all step by step procedure and will upload it here.Till then enjoy cooking :)