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Pineapple Cake
Also known as: 鳳梨酥
Cathy Erway’s fung li su are Taiwanese pastries with a concentrated pineapple centre and a buttery short crust.
About Pineapple Cake
Cathy Erway’s fung li su are Taiwanese pastries with a concentrated pineapple centre and a buttery short crust. Their small rectangular shape echoes the boxed sweets widely given as gifts in Taiwan.
The filling has a dense, jammy texture and a strong fruit flavour. Butter and egg yolks enrich the golden pastry, with a tender shell surrounding the sweeter centre.
Erway’s homemade cakes have a slightly rustic appearance. They are presented as individual cooled pastries, suitable for a small gift or a place among holiday cookies.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Egg, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Pineapple Cake
Cathy Erway’s Taiwanese pineapple cakes (fung li su).
- Fresh pineappleFilling
- WaterLiquid
- SugarSweetener
- Unsalted butterBase
- Egg yolksBinder
- All-purpose flourBase
- CornstarchBase
- Baking powderSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Surface flour, cereal unspecifiedFinishIngredient page not linked
- Holiday cookies, unspecified assortmentAccompaniment · Optional holiday serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Fresh pineapple: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual68/87 whole fresh pineapple, own full filling expanded.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual70/87 filling water.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual72/87/90 filling and dough sugar consolidated.
- Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual74/90 standard butter confirms Milk.
- Egg yolks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual76/90 Egg positive.
- All-purpose flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual78 standard AP flour confirms Wheat; broader WheatFlour candidate qualified AP.
- Cornstarch: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual80 literal cornstarch.
- Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual82 prepared raising agent, full product subformula unknown.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual84 literal salt.
- Surface flour, cereal unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method91 twice explicitly lightly floured surface; generic cereal unknown distinct from listed AP flour.
- Holiday cookies, unspecified assortment (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own account31 offered holiday-cookie spread, no particular recipe/formula identified; parent optional.
Origins & food traditions
Taiwan association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Taiwan
- TaiwanCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Taiwanese Cuisine
- Taiwanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review