Pineapple torte with quark cream

Pineapple torte with quark cream

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A delicious and refreshing cake, perfect for summer dessert. The combination of pineapple and cream cheese provides an exotic flavour.

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This pineapple and cream cake is an ideal dessert for summer evenings. Thanks to the pineapple, it evokes the atmosphere of the Caribbean, offering a refreshing and exotic flavour.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time12 min
  • Resting4 hr
  • Total4 hr 27 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$18.00 $1.50 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

12 people

Foundation

  • $0.20
  • $0.02
  • $0.35
  • $0.03
  • $0.69

Cream

  • $2.99
  • $2.99
  • $0.24
  • $0.09
  • $0.28
  • $7.69
  • $2.43

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 12 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Mix the ingredients for the shortcrust pastry together until a dough forms.
  2. Place it at the bottom of a springform pan and pierce it several times. ≈ 3 min
  3. Cook for about 12 minutes, then let it cool.
  4. Combine the quark with 125 ml of canned pineapple juice, sugar, and vanilla sugar. ≈ 4 min
  5. Squeeze the lemon, dissolve the agar-agar in the juice, and bring to a boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Let it cool slightly, then mix it into the quark.
  6. Whip the cream until it forms stiff peaks, then gently fold it into the pineapple pieces. ≈ 4 min
  7. Sur a circular pastry base, arrange pineapple slices around the edge and pour the cream on top. ≈ 10 min
  8. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

The bill

Pineapple torte with quark cream

  • 125 g of flour (type 45)$0.20
  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder$0.02
  • 1 egg yolk$0.35
  • 50 g of sugar$0.03
  • 75 g of butter$0.69
  • 1 can of pineapple chunks$2.99
  • 1 can of pineapple chunks$2.99
  • 300 g of sugar$0.24
  • 2 packets of vanilla sugar$0.09
  • 1 lemon$0.28
  • 2 tablespoons of agar-agar$7.69
  • 50 cl of whipping cream$2.43

Total$18.00

that's $1.50 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 125 g of flour (type 45)
  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 50 g of sugar
  • 75 g of butter
  • 1 kg of quark (drained fromage blanc)
  • 1 can of pineapple chunks
  • 1 can of pineapple chunks
  • 300 g of sugar
  • 2 packets of vanilla sugar
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons of agar-agar
  • 50 cl of whipping cream

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