The grit to overcome challenges can be attributed as one of the major reasons for the advancement of human civilization. Overcoming a challenge of any kind is not only satisfying, but it also improves our knowledge and abstracts our hidden qualities. The reason I am talking about this subject is that I recently took up a challenge to bake SCD pineapple almond cake, that did not use any grain, starch or sugar. I won't say it was impossible, but yes it was a difficult task for me as a cook. Above all, the cake was supposed to be my daughter’s birthday cake, so the stakes were pretty high & I was overwhelmed by performance pressure. But, as the saying goes: “Efforts don’t go in vain if you make a determined one”; I managed to pass the challenge, if not with flying colors but definitely with distinction.
Making this cake or rather I should say preparing the icing for this cake requires little prep work ahead of time. The icing has been made with homemade yogurt/curd, hence it is important to hang it for a longer period of time to get a thick consistency that can hold the flowers made on the cake. Also, I have used fresh ripe pineapple for garnishing as well as filling, since SCD does not allow the usage of canned fruit unless it is preserved in its own juice. But if you get such a canned fruit, you can always use that. So let's start with the recipe...
