Pineapple-Filled White Layer Cake
 
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons whole milk
  • 3 large egg whites, at room temperature
  • 1 recipe Pineapple Filling (recipe follows)
  • 1 recipe Fluffy White Frosting (recipe follows)
  • 1 (8-ounce) can pineapple slices, drained (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Spray 3 (6-inch) round cake pans with baking spray with flour.
  3. In a medium mixing bowl, combine butter and ½ cup sugar. Beat at high speed with a mixer until light and fluffy, approximately 5 minutes. Add vanilla extract, beating to combine.
  4. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt, whisking well. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in thirds, alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
  5. In another medium mixing bowl, beat egg whites at high speed with a mixer until frothy. Slowly add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, continuing to beat until soft peaks form.
  6. Gently fold egg whites into cake batter until incorporated. Divide mixture evenly among prepared cake pans. Using an offset spatula, smooth cake batter in pans.
  7. Bake until edges of cake layers are golden brown and a wooden pick inserted in the centers comes out clean, approximately 13 minutes. Let cake layers cool in pans for 10 minutes. Invert onto wire cooling racks, and let cool completely.
  8. Place a cake layer on a cake plate, and spread layer with half of Pineapple Filling. Top with another cake layer, and spread with remaining half of filling. Top with remaining cake layer.
  9. Refrigerate cake until filling is firm, approximately 1 hour.
  10. Using an offset spatula to create decorative swirls, spread Fluffy White Frosting over sides and top of cake.
  11. Cut pineapple slices into halves or thirds, and arrange on top of cake in overlapping concentric circles to resemble a flower, if desired.
Recipe by TeaTime Magazine at https://teatimemagazine.com/pineapple-filled-white-layer-cake-recipe/