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Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Recipe video above. Bringing back the retro classic! You will love everything about this cake. The sticky, caramelised pineapple and cherry topping. The ultra-tender and moist vanilla cake. How it's studded with pineapple bits inside. And how we use some of the pineapple juice to flavour the cake. Because why would we waste it??
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 5m⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 45 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●pan
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●spatula
- ●knife
📝 Preparation Steps
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Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan).
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Pineapple decorative top:
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Dry fruits: Line a tray with paper towels or a tea towel, then place pineapple and cherries on. Pat dry with paper towels.
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Butter: Pour melted butter into a 23cm/9" cake pan at least 5cm/2" deep. (Not springform, as they'll leak.) Brush butter up the sides.
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Brown sugar: Sprinkle sugar over the base, roughly spreading it out (use the brush).
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Arrange pineapple: Place one pineapple ring in the centre, then surround with either halved pineapple rings (as pictured), or whole ones.
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Decorate with cherries as desired. Most people just put them in the middle of the pineapple rings.
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Press cherries and pineapples down firmly so they are in direct contact with the base of the cake pan - so you get vibrant red and yellow colour pops at the end, not tarnished by caramel. (Note 5)
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Batter:
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Flour Mixture: Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
baking powder1 tsp
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Milk Mixture: Whisk milk, sour cream, pineapple juice and vanilla in a 2nd bowl.
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Cream butter and sugar: In a third (final!) bowl, beat the butter and sugar for ⏱️ 2 minutes on speed 7 (handheld mixer) until fluffy.
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Eggs: Add eggs one at a time, beating for ⏱️ 20 seconds in between.
large eggs (, at room temperature (Note 4))2
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Add Flour Mixture then Milk Mixture, alternating: Add 1/3 of the Flour Mixture, then mix in using a rubber spatula. Add 1/2 the Milk Mixture, mix in. Add half the remaining Flour Mixture, mix. Add all the remaining Milk Mixture, mix. Then mix in the last of the Flour Mixture. Stir in the leftover pineapple pieces.
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Fill pan: Spread batter over pineapple layer, smooth and level the surface.
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Bake: Bake for ⏱️ 30 minutes. Remove, loosely cover with foil, then bake for a further ⏱️ 15 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
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Turning out cake:
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Cool ⏱️ 20 minutes: Remove cake from oven and leave inside pan to cool for ⏱️ 20 minutes.
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Flip! Run a butter knife around the inner edge of the cake pan. Put a plate or serving platter over the cake, then flip. Tap base / shake pan gently then lift slowly. Voila!
20
Cool completely before serving.
Nutrition Facts
calories
319 kcal
fat Content
14 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
34 g
sodium Content
162 mg
protein Content
3 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
61 mg
carbohydrate Content
47 g
saturated Fat Content
8 g
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