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Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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A couple of days ago, one of my neighbors asked me if I could make “something sweet” to add to the offerings at their kid’s birthday party. (A usual request from my neighbors) 🙂 As I had some fresh fruit at hand, (gifts from other neighbors) in the form of a pineapple and a few very sweet mangos, and because I am not a very passionate baker/pastry cook, I came up with this simple yet stunning and absolutely delicious “cake”. It uses a foolproof and easy to prepare batter, store-bought chocolate chip cookies and the aforementioned fruits.
When it came out of the oven, I tried some, (as did Bella, of course,) but even if the craving nearly drives me nuts, I still can’t eat stuff like that. (Too much acid in the fruit and the chocolate, a nasty aftermath of chemo and radiation which still badly affects my throat and my taste buds) 🙂
Bella on the other hand, couldn’t get enough 
I will definitely keep this as one of my “go-to” recipes in the future, when my ability to eat everything will be back, to be used with a variety of fruit and /or berries, accompanied by mountains of whipped cream, vanilla sauce, ice cream…………… (I am salivating as I write this) 🙂
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Bon Appétit ! Life is Good !
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P.S.
Serve this cake by itself or with vanilla sauce,vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or, better yet, with all three 🙂
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Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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Preparation :
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- peel and core pineapple, peel and pit mangoes, cut all into bitesize pieces
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- 2 dozen 1 oz chocolate chip cookies
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- coarsely crumble the cookies
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- mix 2 cups of self-rising flour with 10 ea medium size eggs, 1 tblsp vanilla extract and 3/4 cup of sugar and enough milk to make a pancake-like batter
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- please don’t overmix the batter
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- saute the diced pineapple with 1/2 stick salted butter
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- saute until lightly caramelized
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- add the mangoes and 1/3 cup cornstarch, mix well but carefully so as not to mash-up the fruit
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- add the cookies
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- add the batter
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- mix gently
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- fill into two pre-heated baking dishes (this tempered glass dish holds the same quantity as the cast iron pan I used), top with butter flakes, bake in a preheated 395 F oven until cooked through, about one hour (depending on the moistness of the fruit); (the cake will feel solid to the touch after 30 minutes, but will still be raw in the center. To check for doneness, best cut a line in the center and carefully lift a bit to see if the center is cooked)
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- done …….sprinkle generously with castor sugar
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- Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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- top with butter flakes, bake in a preheated 395 F oven until cooked through, about one hour (the cake will feel solid to the touch after 30 minutes, but will still be raw in the center. To check for doneness, best cut a line in the center and carefully lift a bit to see if the center is cooked)
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- done……sprinkle generously with castor sugar
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- Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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- Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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- Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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- Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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- Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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- Mango, Pineapple And Chocolate Chip Cake
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ChefsOpinion 
I’d be happy with this cake minus the chocolate chips.
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Anneli, the kid’s loved it, so it served it’s purpose.
Next time I make it for myself, I’ll prep one with and one without to see which I prefer. 🙂 Decissions, decissions…………
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What a twist! Good idea Chef Hans.
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Thanks Godfrey 🙂
I used to tell my cooks and my students:
Cooking is easy – if you know how to do it 🙂
Cheers !
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