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Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe with pineapple rings and cherries on top.
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

This is the best pineapple cake recipe online! It's a moist sponge cake caramelized to perfection with brown sugar pineapple rings and cherries.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time28 minutes
Cooling Time10 minutes
Total Time43 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 390kcal
Author: Jocelyn Delk Adams

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsps pure vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs
  • ¼ cup pineapple juice
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar
  • 6-7 fresh pineapple rings or more to create design
  • maraschino cherries
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Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • For the cake batter: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, vanilla extract, eggs and pineapple juice until well mixed. Set aside.
  • Next melt butter to a 9 inch cast iron skillet over medium heat.
  • Once melted, whisk in brown sugar and cook for 1 minute.
  • Line the bottom of the butter and sugar mixture with 6 to 7 pineapple rings, place a cherry insdie each ring and cook over medium heat for an additional 2 minutes.
  • Pour cake batter on top of the pineapples.
  • Bake cake for 28-33 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
  • Cool cake for 10 minutes then invert the cake onto a serving plate and serve.

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Notes

  • Use the Right Equipment: A cast-iron skillet is your best friend for this pineapple upside down cake recipe, y’all. It cooks everything up nice and even, and its heavy bottom keeps the butter from burning. Plus, that handy handle makes flipping the cake a breeze.
  • Season Your Skillet: Make sure your cast-iron is properly seasoned so the cake doesn’t stick. You want that beautiful pineapple top to slide right out, not get left behind!
  • Serve Warm: This cake is at its absolute best fresh out of the oven, cooled just for a few minutes. When it’s warm, it’s pure perfection.
  • Slice Pineapple: If you're using fresh pineapple, make sure those slices are cut nice and thin so they cook up tender and juicy in the time it takes to bake the cake.

Nutrition

Calories: 390kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 91mg | Sodium: 105mg | Potassium: 192mg | Sugar: 52g | Vitamin A: 465IU | Vitamin C: 4.8mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 1.4mg