Love Banana Bread? You really need to try this easy Banana and Pineapple Cake! This Banana and Pineapple Cake is a simple and delicious cake that is the perfect morning or afternoon tea treat AND is also perfect for school lunch boxes.
Find the full recipe including both regular and Thermomix instructions in the recipe card below.
This easy Banana and Pineapple Cake is also perfect to make with the kids with lots of mashing, measuring and mixing involved, what more could you ask for!?!? It’s also a great opportunity to use up those brown bananas the kids refuse to eat.
Banana and Pineapple Cake Ingredients
Please note you will find a full list of ingredients and quantities required in the recipe card below.
To make this classic Banana and Pineapple cake you will need: bananas (the browner the better!), crushed pineapple that has been drained, cinnamon, caster sugar, self-raising flour, desiccated coconut, coconut oil, pineapple juice and eggs.
It is important to drain the juice from the crushed pineapple. To do this, place the crushed coconut into a sieve and place a bowl underneath to catch the juice. Use the back of a spoon to remove the extra juice.
How to make a Banana and Pineapple Cake:
Please note you will find the full recipe method (with both regular and Thermomix instructions) in the recipe card below.
Step 1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius and line a 15 x 25cm loaf tin with baking paper.
Step 2. Mash the banana and add the crushed pineapple and coconut oil. Mix to combine.
Step 3. Add the remaining ingredients and mix until just combined. Please note the mixture will be a little lumpy.
Step 4. Transfer the batter to the prepared baking tin and bake until golden and cooked through when tested with a skewer.
Step 5. Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before carefully transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Tips for Making this Banana and Pineapple Cake:
It’s important to drain the excess pineapple juice, otherwise your loaf will be very soft in the centre.
You will need two small bananas for this recipe. The browner the bananas, the better.
This recipe is freezer friendly.
You can make this recipe in a different size cake tin, however please not that the cooking time will vary.
You could add a simple icing to this loaf but I prefer it without and it sure tastes delicious when eaten warm with a glass of milk.
This recipe makes a large loaf, so I like to cut each slice in half for the kids, this also makes it the perfect size for a lunch box treat.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crushed pineapple is ripened pineapple pieces that have been crushed and packaged in its own juice for sweetness.
Yes, you can freeze a pineapple cake. Store in a freezer safe container for up to two months.
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Banana and Pineapple Cake
Equipment
- 1 x 15 x 25cm loaf tin
- baking paper
Ingredients
- 2 bananas 150 grams
- ½ cup crushed pineapple – drained 100 grams
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 & ¼ cups caster sugar 270 grams
- 1 & ⅔ cups self raising flour 250 grams
- ¼ cup coconut 40 grams
- ⅔ cup coconut oil 130 grams
- ¼ cup pineapple juice 70 grams
- 2 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius (fan-forced) and line a 15 x 25cm loaf tin with baking paper.
- Peel and mash the bananas in a large mixing bowl, then add the pineapple, cinnamon, coconut and sugar.
- Sift the flour into the bowl and use a wooden spoon to mix the ingredients together.
- In a medium bowl, stir the oil, juice and eggs together with a fork and pour into the banana mixture. Stir until all ingredients are combined.
- Pour mixture into a loaf tin, smooth the top and bake in the oven for 45 minutes or until cooked through.
Thermomix instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius (fan-forced) and line a 15 x 25cm loaf tin with baking paper.
- Add the banana, coconut oil and crushed pineapple to a Thermomix bowl and mix for 10 seconds, speed 4.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix for 10 seconds, speed 5.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix for a further 10 seconds, speed 4.
- Follow instructions from Step 5 above.
Notes
Nutrition
Katie
180°? Is that Celsius??
Lauren Matheson
Hi Katie, yes it is 🙂
Sarah
Could you use butter instead of veg oil? Would it be the same amount?
Lauren Matheson
Hi Sarah, I have only tried subbing with coconut oil before (which was really yummy!) but don’t see why butter wouldn’t work. I’d use the same amount x
Pauline Ford
Wow cooked this today fabulous. Can’t find the pineapple in it
And it’s very crumbly. Taste is wonderful xxx
Robyn (Mrs D)
It’s in the oven right now! Can’t wait to try it. I didn’t have any pineapple juice though so I used coconut water. Hopefully that’s it’ll still be ok xx
Liz @ I Spy Plum Pie
Oh yum, this combines two of my favourite things, I will have to give this a try!
Elisha Ross
That looks delish. I have just bookmarked it and when the mess in the kitchen happens with this one Ill let you know how it goes.
Lauren @ createbakemake
Haha, I’d love to see some pics! Good Luck x
Trish
No choc – I’m sure I’ll be a bit more excited after Easter – I’m still salivating over the choc scone cake – you just reminded me about.
Lauren @ createbakemake
Isn’t the chocolate scone cake amazing? I hope you and your family have a lovely Easter x
Emily @ Have A Laugh On Me
My boys love pineapple not sure how they’d go having it in baking though, they both LOVE banana bread x
Lauren @ createbakemake
I don’t think they would even notice it’s in there. My husband didn’t pick it!
TheMultitaskingMummy
Do you know how excited I get when I see one of your recipes and I actually have all the ingredients in the cupboard? Well I am right now!!! yipeee
Lauren @ createbakemake
Yipee!! I’m sure Elliott would love to help make this one.
EssentiallyJess
I am hoping to do some baking this week, and I’ve got a few bananas in the freezer so this might be the way to go.
Plus, yum!
Lauren @ createbakemake
Sounds perfect, good luck & enjoy x