Classic Pancho cake with pineapples

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 day

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a classic Pancho cake with pineapples? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. How to bake a sponge cake? Beat the eggs and sugar with a mixer until the volume increases to form a fluffy foam. Sift the flour and soda through a sieve and gently fold into the egg mixture. You may need less or more flour, depending on the required consistency. The dough should turn out like thick sour cream. Read about flour and biscuit dough at the end of the recipe.

2. STEP 2

   

   Take two baking dishes and line the bottom with baking paper. Pour half of the batter into the first baking pan. Using a mixer, mix cocoa into the remaining dough and pour the dough into the second mold. (18-22cm) Place both forms in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, bake for about 30 minutes. The times are approximate, be guided by the operating characteristics of your oven. Read more about ovens and how to choose a shape at the end of the recipe.

3. STEP 3

   

   Cool the finished biscuits and remove them from the mold.

4. STEP 4

   

   Cut a 1.5 cm thick cake from one sponge cake. This will be the base for the cake. Cut the remaining biscuits into cubes. There is no need to cut very finely. I left the cocoa cake for the base.

5. STEP 5

   

   Open a can of canned pineapples, remove them from the can, after draining the juice into a mug. Cut the pineapples themselves into cubes.

6. STEP 6

   

   How to make cream? In a deep bowl, beat full-fat sour cream (at least 25% fat) with powdered sugar with a mixer into a fluffy mass.

7. STEP 7

   

   Soak the crust and cubes a little with pineapple syrup. Grease the base crust with sour cream.

8. STEP 8

   

   Then dip the biscuit cubes in sour cream and spread over the crust. Next, add a layer of chopped pineapples. Place each layer slightly smaller in diameter than the previous one to form a mound of cake.

9. STEP 9

   

   Then another layer of cubes, a layer of pineapples and a final layer of cubes on top. Then generously coat the sides with the remaining cream. Place the assembled cake in the refrigerator for several hours to soak and set.

10. STEP 10

    

    For the glaze, break the chocolate into pieces and pour in the cream. Put it on the fire to warm up. While stirring constantly, wait until the chocolate melts. Cool the glaze slightly so that it is not hot.

11. STEP 11

    

    Drizzle chocolate icing over the finished cake. Allow time for the glaze to harden and serve. Enjoy your tea!

Comments on the recipe

Anastasia

25.10.2023

4.7

I made this wonderful cake twice! Only now I decided to leave a review. Everything in the recipe is clear and to the point. Other recipes included a ton of extra steps and ingredients. But here everything is fast and simple. It turns out very tasty, juicy, tender. The comments show photos of those same two cakes. I can add on my own behalf that I never use baking soda. I always separate the whites from the yolks, beat the whites separately, and the yolks and sugar separately. Then I add flour and then whites. I only used one square mold and poured all the dough into it at once. I just poured the chocolate dough on one side and the original dough on the other side. I cut lengthwise and cut out a circle to make a base for the cake. It turned out something like “Yin-Yang”. And the trimmings have already gone to the bulk. When forming the cake, each layer was compacted well. If you simply lay it out without compacting it, cavities may form in the cake and then it will crumble when cutting. I didn't use cream. The first time I melted the chocolate, adding a spoonful of butter and a spoonful of milk. And for the second cake I made the usual icing from cocoa powder, sugar and milk. Thank you very much for the recipe! P.S. In the photo with the whole cake there is a candle hole in the middle)))

zaznoba

25.10.2023

4.7

Pancho’s cake reminded me of a cake recipe that was a simpler version, but very tasty. It is prepared in the microwave simply and quickly.

Anna Petrovna

25.10.2023

4.5

Thanks for the good recipe, please tell me what kind of cream you used?

Anna Petrovna

25.10.2023

4.6

Thank you for clarifying

mom cooks

25.10.2023

4.7

I love this recipe, by the way, there was always a question about what the bottom layer of the cake should be, dark or light))

Nikki Lo

25.10.2023

4.7

Great recipe, I baked a cake for the first time and it turned out great. I haven’t tried it myself, I’m on PP, but everyone really liked it.

Tatiana

25.10.2023

4.8

Wonderful cake! I did it by multiplying everything by two! It turned out to be a huge cake.