Dirty Gourmet is three women—Aimee Trudeau, Emily Nielson, and Mai-Yan Kwan—who came together after a bike tour across Canada. They put together a big variety of camp meals, many of which can be found in their cookbook of the same name, with lots of different cultural and taste influences. This recipe, from Aimee, for a toasted pineapple cake is a lovely warm weather dessert.
When Mai-yan and I were on our bike tour we didn’t make many desserts (though we may have eaten quite a few).
One of the few that we did make was simple: toasted store-bought pound cake with fresh grilled fruit. It was so simple, but so delicious and memorable. I don’t think we really thought it through. It was just one of those times where all the right pieces came together and we ended up with this beautiful eating experience. On our last camping trip, I decided to try to recreate (a different rendition of) that dessert, this Toasted Pound Cake with Pineapple and Coconut Rum Caramel.
Store-bought pound cake is just fine here. I used a mediocre pound cake that had been hanging out in my freezer for a little too long, and it was perfect. We toasted slices of the pound cake using a camp stove toaster. You can also toast the cake in a skillet or on a grate over the campfire, but those camp stove toasters are pretty great.
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