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Vanilla cake ingredients:

* 125 gr granulated sugar

* 65 gr all-purpose flour

* 65 gr potato starch

* 3 gr baking powder

* 1 Tbsp vanilla extract

* 125 gr whole eggs (about 2 large eggs)

* 1/2 Tbsp honey

* 25 gr unsalted melted butter

Basic pastry cream ingredients

(without vanilla):

* 1 cup 2% milk

* 3 large egg yolks

* 3 Tbsp granulated sugar

* 2 Tbsp corn starch

* 1 Tbsp unsalted butter

Decoration:

* about 10 sliced pineapple rings in natural juice

How to make Vanilla Cake

Preheat the oven to 175C (350F).
Butter and flour 23 cm round cake pan, tapping out excess flour (you can also line the bottom of cake pan with a parchment paper).
In a large pot slightly combine sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and honey. Then place a pot on a very low heat, using an electric mixer on medium-hight speed, beat ingredients until light and foamy (it takes about 3-4 minutes). Take the pot off the heat, still using an electric mixer, beat a mixture another 3-4 minutes.
Now it's time for dry ingredients. In a separate bowl sift an all-purpose flour, potato starch and baking powder. Add it to sugar-egg mixture. Then add melted butter and mix just until combined.
Place a batter in a cake pan and bake in a static oven about 25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Cool the cake completely.

How to make a Basic Pastry Cream (version: without vanilla)

Heat the milk untill just below a simmer.
In a separate bowl whisk together egg yolks, sugar and corn starch.
Slowly pour a hot milk into the eggs mixture while whisking.
Pour mixture back to the pot and whisk constantly over a medium heat until it thinkens. It should takes about 2 minutes. Then add 1 Tbsp of unsalted butter and mix together.
Transfer to bowl and cover with a plastic wrap directly onto the surface of pastry cream.
Chill completely.
Before using, whisk a pastry cream until smooth.

Decorating

Cut the cake in half horizontally.
Spread a half of pastry cream over the top of first layer. Top with the second layer and cover with remaining pastry cream.
Decorate with pineapple rings.

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