Pineapple Short Cakes

Pineapple Short Cakes


Ingredients
  • Flour 2 cups
  • Butter 7 ounces
  • Icing sugar ½ cup
  • Egg yolk 1
  • Fresh cream whipped 8 ounces
  • Pineapple essence few drops
  • Icing sugar 1 ounce
  • Milk 2 tbsp
  • Pineapple tidbits as required
Method
  • Sift 2 cups flour into a bowl, mix in 7 ounces cold butter and ½ cup icing sugar, 1 egg yolk and 2 tbsp milk, form into a soft dough, cover leave it for 30 minutes, divide mixture evenly into 8, roll out each piece to 8 cm circle, pinch decorative with floured finger, put short cake on lightly greased oven tray, bake on no. 4 or 180 degree C for 20 minutes till pale golden, beat 8 ounces cream until thick, stir in few drops of pineapple essence, 1 ounce icing sugar, top short cake with cream then with pineapple tidbits. Serve immediately.

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