Tea Cake Island Style

While traditional afternoon tea is only a memory in most households, the tea cake deserves to be remembered. It's excellent served with tea, coffee, hot chocolate or milk. This version combines fragrant lemon peel, with generous wedges of hawaiian fresh pineapple and buttery streusel crumbs. A light sprinkle of powdered sugar over the cooled cake adds a finishing touch. Serve warm for a special treat at any time of the day. From the newspaper.

Steps

Trim and peel pineapple.

Cut 6 slices , 1 / 2-inch thick , and cut fruit into wedges , removing cores.

Prepare streusel and set aside.

Re-sift flour with baking powder and salt.

Combine butter , granulated sugar and egg , and beat until well-blended.

Stir in lemon peel , and about half the flour mixture.

Stir in the milk , then stir in the remaining flour mixture.

Turn into well-greased and lightly floured 8-inch springform pan.

Sprinkle with half the streusel.

Arrange pineapple wedges over top and sprinkle with remaining streusel.

Bake in moderate oven for 55 to 60 minutes , until cake tests done and edges begin to pull away from pan.

Remove from oven to wire rack and let stand 10 to 15 minutes , then remove from pan.

Sprinkle with a light sifting of powdered sugar.

Serve warm or cool.

Makes 8 servings.

Streusel: combine 1 / 3 cup brown sugar and 1 / 4 cup flour.

Cut in 3 tablespoons butter or margarine until particles are like coarse crumbs.

Ingredients

fresh pineapple, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, butter, granulated sugar, egg, lemon zest, milk, powdered sugar, brown sugar, flour