Add a flavorful dose of Pineapple to your coconut, yellow, or white cakes with this easy Pineapple Filling recipe! Print and save this recipe for the next time you are craving pineapple. It is bursting with flavor and has just the right amount of sweetness to complement your favorite white, yellow, and coconut cake recipes.
This pineapple filling becomes nice and thick as it is prepared, and is very easy to apply to your cakes. We chose this as the pineapple filling for our delicious homemade Piña Colada Cake and it went perfectly with our coconut cake layers (plus a hint of rum). Yum! Enjoy the recipe:
Pineapple Filling
Ingredients
- One 20 ounce can (567g) of crushed pineapple
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 2 Tablespoons (14g) cornstarch
Directions
- Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and cook over medium heat. When the mixture begins to boil, stir constantly until it begins to thicken, approximately 1 to 2 minutes. Keep in mind that it will thicken even more as it cools. Cool completely in refrigerator before using.
Try it with our Piña Colada Cake! So delicious!
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Yummy, Looking so Delicious
Hi i am trying this recipe tomorrow and i am sure it is just as awesome as the rest of your recipes!
Also, do you have a guava filling recipe?
Hi Angela, Thank you for your nice comment! I am sorry to say that we do not have a guava filling.
Would like to make this soon. Have one question, does the pineapple have to be drained of liquid?
Hi Lyndi, The pineapple is not drained. The cornstarch in the recipe will thicken up the liquid as it cooks. Also, as it cools in the refrigerator it will thicken up quite a bit. Hope you like it.
Hi,
This recipe looks delicious, can it be frozen?
Can I make this recipe with cane pineapple..
HI Jyotsana, I am not familiar with the term cane pineapple, is that fresh pineapple? If so, I think you could use fresh pineapple for the recipe.
Thank you very much…
If 2 cups of sugar is 400 gram
Then. 1/2 cup of sugar should be 100 g. not 200g
Which is correct. 1/2 cup. Or 200 g
Thanks. I scale most of my cakes. That’s why I noticed this
Sounds delicious
Hi Kathy, Thank you so much for catching that mistake, I have corrected it.
An I freez this if I have extra
Hi Sarah, We have never frozen this filling though I think you probably can. You could also use a smaller can of pineapple and adjust the ingredients for a smaller amount of filling.