Marzipan And Pineapple Gugelhupf Cake

When I was living at home, my German mother used to always make a Gugelhupf.

These baking tins are now readily available in Australia in better department stores and make an impressive display for any cake.

There used to be only a few recipes for a "gugelhupf" and one of these was a butter cake, which if made now, would be nothing special. Occasionally, we would put chocolate through it to make it two colours.

Food from other countries has come a long way since then, and although Marzipan is also a German delicacy, which I just cannot get enough of, it is used in this cake along with pineapple pieces.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes
Makes: 10 servings

Ingredients
200 g soft [link http://reviewclue.com.au/marzipan-block-by-walbaur/ Marzipan]
175 g butter or margarine
165 g coconut sugar, or caster sugar
½ tsp vanilla essence
Pinch salt
300 g plain flour
4 tsp baking powder
6 eggs
300 g tinned [link http://reviewclue.com.au/golden-circle-pineapple-pieces-in-juice/ pineapple pieces]
Chocolate for icing (optional)
Bit of butter and 1 - 2 tsp bread crumbs for cake tin.

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Categories
#afternoon_tea
#snack
#sweets
#dessert
#marzipan
#german
#gugelhupf
#pineapple

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