Pineapple Dole Whip cupcakes filled with fresh pineapple curd and frosted with tart pineapple frosting. A Disney inspired tropical treat.
Have you ever had the Dole Whip Pineapple soft-serve at Disneyland or Disney World? It’s in my top ten desserts that I eat while I’m at Walt Disney World. It’s one of a kind and it’s absolutely out of this world delicious. It has a cult following it’s so amazing. You can read all about it at Disney Food Blog. They show you exactly where on Disney property you can snag the cool, refreshing pineapple dessert. Check out all their other posts while you’re there. If you’re a Disney fanatic and visit regularly, you need to follow this blog. They document nearly every restaurant and every menu item served at Disney. It’s a blog I visit regularly every week!
Since one of my great loves is cupcakes and you can practically turn anything into a cupcake, I took my inspiration from Disney’s Dole Whip Soft-Serve and created these Pineapple Dole Whip Cupcakes.
I am in love.
No exaggeration. These are so incredibly delicious and so close to the real thing. The pineapple is not overpowering like I was expecting. Every component of these cupcakes carries a perfect combination of sweet and tart pineapple flavor. The pineapple curd in the middle gives them an extra moist element and tastes just like the soft-serve found at Disney. If you can’t tell, I am quite proud of myself!
Pineapple Dole Whip Cupcakes
Ingredients
Pineapple Cupcakes
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup vanilla greek yogurt
- 1 1/2 cups canned crushed pineapple drained
Pineapple Curd
- 7 large egg yolks
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 cup fresh pineapple juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter melted
Pineapple Buttercream
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounce can crushed pineapple in juice
- 5-6 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Pineapple Cupcakes
- Set oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- Using an electric mixer with the paddle attachment beat the eggs and sugar on medium speed until light and smooth.
- On low, mix in the vanilla and oil.
- Next add in yogurt and crushed pineapple until fully incorporated.
- Add flour mixture and mix until smooth.
- Line your cupcake pan and fill each cupcake 2/3 full.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes and let cool before filling and frosting.
Pineapple Curd
- In a large microwave safe bowl, whisk together sugar, salt, and eggs until smooth.
- Next whisk in the pineapple juice, lemon juice, and butter.
- At full power cook in the microwave for 1 minute.
- Take out and whisk curd. Microwave again for 1 minute.
- The whole microwave time takes about 3-5 minutes depending on the strength of your microwave. Just make sure to whisk it after each minute.
- Pineapple curd is done when it coats the back of a metal spoon.
Pineapple Buttercream
- Drain pineapple and set aside juice.
- Beat together butter, salt, crushed pineapple, and 5 tablespoons pineapple juice.
- Gradually add in sugar one cup at a time until desired thickness.
- Add a little more juice if needed.
- Pipe onto cupcakes.
- Assembly
- Cut a small hole out of the tops of each cooled cupcake and spoon in cooled pineapple curd. Place top of cupcake back on.
- Using a piping bag, decorate the tops of each cupcake.
The pineapple cupcake I slightly adapted from Glorious Treats. The Pinapple curd was adapted from Martha Stewart, and the frosting recipe was from Cork and Spoon.
More luscious goodies:
White Chocolate Pineapple Coconut Cookie Bars
White Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cupcakes
I’m so proud of you too
Thank you mom! 🙂
i have never tried a dole whip before! (partly to do with living in Australia..) definitely will be trying this recipe out in my kitchen, to see what all the delicious fuss is about!
Yes I hope you try them! And please let me know what you think when you do!
These look so delicious! I can’t wait to try them! Pinning them now!
Thank you Karen! I hope you like them!
The icing is way to thin. What do u suppose I did wrong
G. Any suggestions? Thanks
Teresa,
Did you try thickening up the icing with more sugar? I had to kind of play with the thickness of the frosting by adding more sugar if its too thin.
The cake was good. Icing was waaaayyyyyyy too sweet!
Lilly, I agree! The icing is pretty sweet. I’m actually going to try and perfect a new pineapple buttercream. Maybe by reducing pineapple juice into a syrup so it eliminates all the liquid from the frosting. I found I had to add so much powdered sugar to even out the texture, which I think makes it so sweet.
I have made this recipie several time and I just cannot get the icing right. No matter how much sugar I add it never looks like yours. My looks very clumpy and gross.
Jennifer,
I’m sorry for the problems with the icing. I had to add sugar and the pineapple juice little by little to get the right thickness. I’m actually going to try making it with a really thick reduced pineapple liquid by simmering it for a while. that would probably concentrate the pineapple flavour as well.
About how many cups of frosting do you get from this recipe?
From what I remember I think about 6. I hope that helps!