Key West Cake

chia's Note:

from this week's paper, this is a non dairy cake. if you don't have baby food you can sub apple sauce.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple
• 1 ¾ cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons Chinese five spice powder
• 1 (6 ounce) jar apricot baby food
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs , beaten
• ½ cup chopped pecans or ½ cup walnuts
• 2 -3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

Directions:

1. preheat oven to 350.
2. spray a 9" baking pan with non stick spray.
3. drain 1/4 c juice from the canned pineapple, save for another use.
4. in a large bowl mix flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, chinese 5 spice powder.
5. make a well in center.
6. pour in apricots, remaining pineapple, eggs, oil, and pecans.
7. mix well, pour into baking pan.
8. bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
9. cool on a wire rack, sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.

Reviews

[Lightly Toasted]

This was really good! Very nice flavor. I substituted Splenda for sugar, and it had a great flavor.

[Rita~]

Very light and moist! Instead of apricot baby food which I forgot to buy I used apricot nectar. I skipped the confectioners sugar didn`t need it.