PINNEAPPLE CAKE

Preparation time:   20 minutes

Baking time:                       50 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup of wheat flour (self rising flour with baking powder)

¼ cup of sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon cardamom

1 lemon

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ cup margarine

2 tablespoons extra margarine

1 pineapple

Preparation

Grate the lemon zest.

Squeeze the lemon into a separate bowl.

Cut the pineapple into very small pieces.

Cooking

Put the flour, margarine, sugar, vanilla, cardamom and eggs in a bowl.

Work it out for few minutes, until it becomes a pastry.

Add the lemon zest and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to the pastry.

Add the pineapple pieces.

Mix everything well for couple of minutes.

Take a square baking pan (or another sized baking tin)

Grease the bottom and its sides with margarine.

Pour the mixture inside.

Heat the oven for 10 minutes in a medium heat (350 degrees).

Put the baking pan with mixture inside into the oven.

Bake it for 50 minutes.

Check on the cake after 30 minutes.

Check it again on the 40^th minute, 45^th ...

Serve it with soda, drinks, juice, tea as an afternoon delight.

Can also be served for breakfast or as a dessert after lunch.

Serves 6.

* You can bake the same cake with other fruits like apples, pears, bananas.

Dietitian's Verdict (per serving):

Calories: 329

Fat: 18.0 g

Cholesterol: 109 mg

Sodium: 215 mg

Fiber: 2.1 g

Sugar: 16.8 g

Total carbs: 36.5 g

Protein: 6.6 g

Nutrition Grade: C