“A mother understands what a child does not say”. How true is that! You can hide your emotions in front of the whole world but not your mom. She looks at you and bingo!!! In my case, she figures it out just by listening to the way I say 'Hello' over the phone. I actually like that.. You don't have to say anything and yet, there is someone who gets the message and even knows what to say to make you feel so much better.
Although, I didn't like it that much in my teenage days! She could easily make out if I had a fight with my best friend or even if I had a crush on someone. And then, it was followed by a lot of explanation on being careful with all those feelings. You know what I am talking about.. The age when we didn't care much about anybody or anything except for friends.
My Mom is a fighter and even though, she has been suffering a lot with chronic back and leg pain, she has always managed to take care of the family with her super energy. She loves to cook, invite friends and families to our home. She has a way to make sure we all stay connected and by all, I mean the distant relatives as well.
I have learned a lot from my Mom. I learned how to stay calm in a situation which you cannot control. I learned how to have faith in you and not get worried about what people say. I learned how to smile and not let any worry creep inside your heart. I learned how to move on and never give up! And the learning is still on ...
My mom always enjoyed baking cakes and if I was with her celebrating this day together, I would have baked a cake for her. This is a very easy cake with delicious flavor combination of pineapple and ginger. It can go even perfect with coffee or tea.
This is for you Ma and for all the wonderful, fantastic, strong, rocking, lovely and beautiful Mamas out there. Keep rocking 🙂
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 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tbs baking powder
- 1 tbs cinnamon powder
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup melted butter (plus a little extra to grease the baking pan)
Instructions
- In a pan, heat 2 teaspoon butter and then, add pineapple puree, brown sugar and star anise.
- We need to caramelize the pineapple. So, keep cooking in low heat until you see that it becomes light brown in color.
- Then, remove star anise from the pan, keep it aside and let it cool.
- In 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).
- Add caramelized pineapple to the bowl and keep whisking until the batter looks smooth with no lumps.
- Grease the baking pan and dust it with some flour.
- Pour the batter and bake it at 375 F for about 50 minutes. It should feel set when you press in the center.
Priya Mahadevan
I am totally bookmarking this one to try - what brilliant flavors with pineapple and ginger 🙂 just my kind of experimenting!
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OH what a lovely post!!! I got goose bumps... sounds like you have a wonderful MOM!
That cake - WOW! I am loving the flavor combo and the photos! Gorgeous!
Tiffany
This cake sounds wonderful! I'm not a frosting fan, so this cake is right up my alley... and of course, I love the pineapple and ginger!
Swathi
I like the way you write about your mom, yes they are unmatchable. My mother never baked cakes,pineapple ginger cake looks awesome perfect to honor her.
Vimitha
What yummy flavors are into that gorgeous looking cake... Perfectly baked...
Tanvi@SinfullySpicy
Loved reading about you Kankana.Such a nice way to convey a tribute to your mom.My mom never baked or made elaborate desserts but other than those, I have learnt EVERYTHING from her 🙂
P will go crazy over this cake.He is a tropical fruit fiend! I love the spark added by ginger and the beautiful rustic looking top.Good one!
Nandini
The cake is so beautiful and spongy! Incredibly soft and nice flavours too...
Krithi
Love the addition of ginger, It gives a beautiful warmth to complement the tangy sweetness of pineapple... So good..
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jeyashrisuresh
irresistible clicks and wonderful combo of ingredients
jacqui
Woah, what an amazing combo!! I want!!!
yummychunklet
Yum! Your cake looks great! And the pineapple and ginger combination sounds tempting.
Nishi
I had always heard of apple and cinnamon. But pineapple and cinnamon seems too tempting to ignore. This cake looks very tasty and perfectly baked 🙂
Faith
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving that sweet comment! Your blog is lovely and what a wonderful post...it's the perfect tribute to your mother. And the cake looks fantastic!
Tes
Beautiful cake! Pineapple and ginger sounds like an interesting combo 🙂
Joanne
What a sweet post! Your mom sounds like a wonderful and amazing person! My mom can always tell how I'm feeling from a word or two as well...some kind of intuition I guess? This cake looks delicious! Love the pineapple and ginger pairing!
Priya
Never prepared bakes together with pineapple and ginger, thats truly marvellous..love reading about ur mom, fantastic write up Kankana..
Raji
The cake is very wonderful...lovely flavours of pineapple and ginger. So lovely to read about your mom...they are our best source of inspiration.
Sawsan@chef in disguise
I loved reading your words about your mother..she must be a wonderful woman..
The cake looks delicious and the flavors in it are amazing..I bet it smelt wonderful when it was baking..
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Manu
Yum! I have never thought of making a cake with pureed pineapple, what a fantastic idea! I think ginger will go very well with it! I can almost smell the cake baking in the oven... mmmmm!!!!! 🙂 Great pictures, as always my friend! And it was so touching reading about your mom... I think I know how it feels... my mom too lives so far away... 🙁 A big hug!
Priti
Looks so good n perfect ....yum