good idea love it

Thank you for the great idea! I used it to decorate a birthday-cake for my grandmother & aunt, It was just delicious in combination with the dark chocolate!

I saw on another website a cute idea for this; instead of baking between sheets they tucked the pineapple slices into muffin tins, so when they bake the edges curl up like a real flower!

(see beginning of this post) whereas the ones in the oven got a little light light browning on their edges. Turns out, I like them both ways to add dimension to the flowers when positioned on the cake. Anyway, it is the meat slicer that is key.

Okay – I did this today, and after reading the problems everyone was having at other sites trying to do this, I tried using a meat slicer to get the paper thin slices…worked perfectly. I then tried doing them in the oven at 225* and checked them every 15 min. It took 1 hour for them to get just perfect. I also did some at the same time in my electric dehydrator. Although it took all day long for them to get dry in the dehydrator, they turned out more true yellow with no browning...cont'd next

Two tips to making pretty pineapple flowers slice them a little larger then 1/8'' then lay them flat on a cutting board and shave the top off with a sharp bread knife. once their 1/8" or smalller comb them with a serrated kife starting from the center and combing out carefully to the ends then lay them on a paper towel before going in the oven works great!

Approximately, how thin do you slice the pineapple? 1/8 inch? 1/4?

I solved the "drying out" problem by baking the pineapple slices on cake cooling racks placed over a cookie sheet lined with foil. Turn over after 30 minutes and continue turning

I solved the "drying out" problem by baking the pineapple slices on cake cooling racks placed over a cookie sheet lined with foil. Turn over after 30 minutes and continue turning

These take PATIENCE to make, and don't expect to be able to make them and decorate your cake the same day--it sometimes takes DAYS for these to dry perfectly. I used a food dehydrator, too, because the oven just made them too brown before they got dry. Slice THINLY, mop them off with paper towels before you put them in to dry, and alternate between the dehydrator and 15 minute stints in a warm oven to get them perfectly dry. Well worth the effort--they're beautiful!