Pineapple cake is a signature gift from anyone who has visited Taiwan. It is also an important dessert that is present at every Taiwanese wedding. The word pineapple is auspicious in Taiwanese Hoklo as it’s a homonym for the word prosperous. In this episode, we take you on a journey of how today’s pineapple cake came about. Little known, traditional pineapple cake filling was almost entirely made of winter melon until wild pineapples from the renowned Sunny Hills came into the picture.