23
Table of Contents
If you’ve ever had your slice of famous pineapple cloud cake (had a slice when when at Starbucks, and had that you know how, light fluffy, delicious), it tasted just like a tropical pineapple flavor, melt in your mouth, texture. Starbucks’ pineapple cloud cake is the perfect sweet, tangy pineapple and airy cake, adorned with a soft whipped cream layer that has one consuming it. Fortunately, you don’t need to make a trek to Starbucks every time you hunger for this delicious dessert.
You’ll find out how to make Starbucks pineapple cloud cake at home with this recipe in 10 minutes. All of the ingredients, instructions, expert tips, and serving suggestions so you can make this Starbucks inspired desert any time you get the craving.
Ingredients For Starbucks Pineapple Cloud Cake
For the Cake Base:
- Makes a light cake texture:1 cup all-purpose flour
- helps the cake rise1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda – adds extra lift
- balances the sweetness – 1/4 teaspoon salt
- granulated sugar, 1/2 cup – sweet and structural
- Soften, for moisture and flavor, 1/4 cup butter
- Adding natural pineapple flavor, 1⁄4 cup pineapple juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract helps to enhance the flavor.
- Greek yogurt adds moisture ‘0 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 egg is used to bind the ingredients and enrich them
For the Pineapple Topping:
- 1 1/2 cup crushed pineapple – drained, leaving a little juice for texture
- sweetens the pineapple, 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- We use 1 tablespoon cornstarch, which thickens our pineapple mixture.
For the Cloud Topping:
- Cold heavy whipping cream 1/2 cup.
- powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons – sweetness & stability
- For flavor – 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Starbucks Pineapple Cloud Cake: Instructions
1. Prepare the Cake Base
First preheat your oven to about 350 degrees. Spray a 8×8 inch baking dish and line with parchment paper. Whisk well the all purposes flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl. In another bowl cream the softened butter and sugar together in a hand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Then add in the egg, vanilla extract and Greek yogurt and beat until smooth. Mix by adding the juice, little by little. Mix the wet mixture, add in the dry ingredients and combine just until mixed, don’t over mix. Spread the batter into your prepared baking dish and pour it in.
2. Prepare the Pineapple Topping
Make the pineapple topping while cake is baking. Add the drained crushed pineapple, sugar and cornstarch to a small sauce pan. Set heat to medium cook, stirring frequently until mixture thickens slightly, 3-5 minutes. The pineapple mixture will become slightly jammy when this is done and will come together in a layer beautifully over the top of the cake.
3. Bake the Cake
Place your cake in the oven heated to 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Once baked, pull out of the oven and let the cake cool for at least an hour, in the baking dish.
4. Make the Cloud Topping
Whipped cream topping is made while it’s cooling the cake. To heavy cream, add chilled bowl, whisk cream using medium high speed with hand mixer. When the soft peaks form add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract. Whip it until very stiff peaks form, giving you a fluffy cloud structure.
5. Making Pineapple Cloud Cake
When the cake is completely cool remove it from the pan and spoon the pineapple topping over the cake spreading it evenly. Pip or spoon the whipped cream over in a good fat layer on top. Refrigerate the cake for 30 minutes, or serve immediately.
Perfect Starbucks Pineapple Cloud Cake – Expert Tips
1. Drain the Pineapple Well
If you don’t want a soggy cake, drain the crushed pineapple well. There should be enough liquid in the topping that if enough was poured to overflow then the cake would not set properly or be too dense.
2. Use Cold Cream for Whipping
To make the best whipped cream, start with heavy cream that’s very cold. Whipping up stable whipped topping also helps to create a stable whipped topping by placing the mixing bowl and beaters in the freezer for a few minutes.
3. Don’t Overmix the Batter
For a tender fluffy cake, mix the batter only until all of the ingredients combine. There is one last, nearly inevitable mistake that I often see people make in making pineapple cloud cake — overmixing.
Starbucks Pineapple Cloud Cake: What to Serve with This?
Tropical Fruit Salad
A tropical fresh fruit salad would be great with the cake. Mango, kiwi, and papaya fruits would work great in such a case because they would go great with the pineapple taste whilst giving an extra tropical note to your dessert.
Coconut Ice Cream
The pineapple cloud cake is brought out by scoops of coconut ice cream. The pineapple and cake’s turned out so well paired with the coconut in that it’s creamy and subtle and gives it a cooling complement to the cake’s richness.
Green Tea or Matcha Latte iced
But the delicate flavors in the green tea or palely sweet matcha latte makes the sweetness of the pineapple cloud cake tolerable. Both are refreshing beverage contenders for dessert, and both have the makings of a drink of distinction.
Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream
Finished with a dollop of vanilla bean whipped cream, the cake is perfection if you want a dash of extra flavour. This is a super rich cream and pairs beautifully and lightens the texture in the cake.
Why This Recipe is Better Than Any Ordinary One
This Starbucks pineapple cloud cake recipe is amazing because it offers you the combination of the lightness and the tropical flavor that make this always so special where you live. This dessert felt so light and airy like a cloud that many pineapple cakes rely heavily on heavy, dense ingredients. The batter is a blend of pineapple juice and Greek yogurt that takes the fluffy, whipped topping and intermingle them into each bite for layers of flavor characteristic of this lemon pie.
Unlike most other pineapple cakes, this recipe features no masses of sugar, or artificial flavors. Instead, the recipe uses actual pineapple and fresh whipped cream, so it’s healthier and tastes better. It’s also written in a way that makes it easy to rework the recipe to suit dietary preferences while still keeping it just as tasty, eliminating dairy and eating gluten free. What’s more, the recipe is fairly open so it can accommodate any setting. This cake combines flavors and textures so that it’s always a crowd pleaser from a quick treat to a more elaborate dessert.
Why This Recipe is Perfect for Any Occasion?
This Starbucks pineapple cloud cake recipe makes it suitable for everything from a casual get together to a celebration. As a summer dessert or a bright finish to a hearty meal, it works well: It’s light and refreshing. They are quick, easy to make dessert recipe and you can have it ready in under 10 minutes from prep, making it one of those go to dessert recipe even if you don’t have much time to spare.
Such is the versatility of this cake that it is also perfect for potlucks and parties because it is simple to transport, can be served cold, at room temperature or lukewarm (and this fits the bill for the second two serving options), and tastes good to pretty much everyone. The tropical pineapple flavour combined with the soft, like a cloud, whipped topping is something universally loved and there’s a touch of indulgence, even at its simplest.
More Ways to Enjoy Starbucks Pineapple Cloud Cake
Pineapple Cloud Cake Parfait
For a visual presentation use the whipped topping and extra chunks of pineapple to layer the pieces of the pineapple cloud cake in small jars or glasses to make a pretty parfait. It gives elegance to this presentation and it is not hard at all to portion this when you have a gathering.
Tropical Trifle
A trifle is the result of turning this recipe into a trifle with layering the pineapple cloud cake with tropical fruits like mango, kiwi and a cream or custard layer. The dessert is made in the trifle format, now it makes the dessert even more visually appealing and perfect for parties.
Mini Pineapple Cloud Cakes
Instead of the large cake, divide the batter into muffin tins and make individual serving of pineapple cloud cake. They’re also easy to serve as single portion desserts at special events and gatherings.
Why the Recipe Stands Out?
The difference between this Starbucks pineapple cloud cake recipe, and the dozens that I’ve made, is that this one strikes the perfect balance between flavor, texture, and how easy it is to make. Whereas traditional pineapple cakes can be heavy or simply sugary, this cake is wonderfully light and feels like a treat but without being overly indulgent.
It’s all in the simplicity of ingredients, the taste is the best part – and that’s just the win for both the first time cook and experienced baker. Also, the whipped cloud topping gives the cake that little extra something that it looks nice on top of the cake as the cake tastes.
See Also: Wendy 1 Cent Cheeseburgers Recipe
Health Considerations and Nutritional Insights
This Starbucks pineaple cloud cake recipe is a low calorie cake, 2 slices is about 270 calories, 16 grams of fats. Making it without a ton of fat is partly possible because of using Greek yogurt, and partly because of pineapple, which acts as its own sweetener. If you want to make the recipe even healthier, feel free to substitute coconut sugar or honey for the granulated sugar and to substitute the whipped cream topping for a lighter yogurt based topping.
The simple ingredients in this cake go a long way adding to its balanced, satisfying dessert without sacrificing a bit of its taste. Ideal for someone on a diet wishing to have something sweet, but wanting to avoid the cakes that don’t let you off the hook when it comes to guilt. And that’s it, this Starbucks pineapple cloud cake recipe is based on the airy, tropical essence of the original, with an easy 10 minute version, suitable for any occasion! Celebrate the refreshing pineapple flavors and light texture of this cake with homemade treat.
Ingredients
For the Cake Base:
- Makes a light cake texture:1 cup all-purpose flour
- helps the cake rise1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda – adds extra lift
- balances the sweetness – 1/4 teaspoon salt
- granulated sugar, 1/2 cup – sweet and structural
- Soften, for moisture and flavor, 1/4 cup butter
- Adding natural pineapple flavor, 1⁄4 cup pineapple juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract helps to enhance the flavor.
- Greek yogurt adds moisture '0 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 egg is used to bind the ingredients and enrich them
For the Pineapple Topping:
- 1 1/2 cup crushed pineapple – drained, leaving a little juice for texture
- sweetens the pineapple, 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- We use 1 tablespoon cornstarch, which thickens our pineapple mixture.
For the Cloud Topping:
- Cold heavy whipping cream 1/2 cup.
- powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons – sweetness & stability
- For flavor – 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
1. Prepare the Cake Base
First preheat your oven to about 350 degrees. Spray a 8x8 inch baking dish and line with parchment paper. Whisk well the all purposes flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl. In another bowl cream the softened butter and sugar together in a hand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Then add in the egg, vanilla extract and Greek yogurt and beat until smooth. Mix by adding the juice, little by little. Mix the wet mixture, add in the dry ingredients and combine just until mixed, don’t over mix. Spread the batter into your prepared baking dish and pour it in.
2. Prepare the Pineapple Topping
Make the pineapple topping while cake is baking. Add the drained crushed pineapple, sugar and cornstarch to a small sauce pan. Set heat to medium cook, stirring frequently until mixture thickens slightly, 3-5 minutes. The pineapple mixture will become slightly jammy when this is done and will come together in a layer beautifully over the top of the cake.
3. Bake the Cake
Place your cake in the oven heated to 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Once baked, pull out of the oven and let the cake cool for at least an hour, in the baking dish.
4. Make the Cloud Topping
Whipped cream topping is made while it's cooling the cake. To heavy cream, add chilled bowl, whisk cream using medium high speed with hand mixer. When the soft peaks form add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract. Whip it until very stiff peaks form, giving you a fluffy cloud structure.
5. Making Pineapple Cloud Cake
When the cake is completely cool remove it from the pan and spoon the pineapple topping over the cake spreading it evenly. Pip or spoon the whipped cream over in a good fat layer on top. Refrigerate the cake for 30 minutes, or serve immediately.
My Recipe Index
-
Homemade Skinny Dipped Cups Recipe
November 19, 2024 -
Homemade Prime Protein Recipe
November 17, 2024 -
Restaurant Style Lemon Dump Cake Recipe
November 13, 2024
