Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes

These delicious Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes are the perfect party dessert.

👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 50 min⏳ Prep: 25 min🔥 Cook: 25 min👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy

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🥘 Ingredients

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🍳 Cookware

oven
bowl
microwave
whisk
knife
pan
mixing bowl

📝 Preparation Steps

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 12 muffin cups well with non-stick cooking spray.

cup (2.7 oz) packed light brown sugar1/3cup (2.6 oz) unsalted butter1/3(5 oz) all-purpose flour1 cupcup (5.6 oz) granulated sugar3/4cup (2 oz) unsalted butter, softened1/4cup (4 oz) pineapple juice (from pineapple chunk can)1/2

Drain both cans of the pineapple chunks while reserving 1/2 cup of the juice for batter. Place pineapple over several layers of paper towels to drain well. Melt 1/3 cup butter in a microwave safe bowl then stir brown sugar into melted butter.

Divide mixture among muffin wells, adding about 2 tsp to each. Arrange pineapple chunks on top of the sugar mixture, about 5 in each (you may not use all of them but I found one 20 oz can wasn't quite enough so I ended up opening 2 cans. The pineapple may be too long to make a flower shape but try to squeeze in 5 of them unless they are large chunks). Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer whisk together flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt.

Set mixer with a paddle attachment, add 1/4 cup softened butter and pineapple juice then mix until batter is smooth, about ⏱️ 1 - 2 minutes (if using a paddle attachment that doesn't constantly scrape bowl, then occasionally stop mixer and scrape down sides and bottom of bowl throughout mixing process).

Mix in egg and vanilla extract until well combined. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, layering batter over pineapple layer.

(5 oz) all-purpose flour1 cuplarge egg1cup (2.7 oz) packed light brown sugar1/3cup (2.6 oz) unsalted butter1/3cup (5.6 oz) granulated sugar3/4cup (2 oz) unsalted butter, softened1/4cup (4 oz) pineapple juice (from pineapple chunk can)1/2

Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into into center of cupcake comes out clean, about ⏱️ 23 - 26 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool ⏱️ 5 minutes, then run a sharp knife around edges to loosen.

Place a wire cooling rack over top of muffin pan and flip to invert onto wire rack. Let cool completely then pipe sweetened whipped cream over cupcakes just before serving and top with a maraschino cherry.

For the sweetened whipped cream:

In a mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer (or in a clean stand mixing bowl set with whisk attachment), whip cream on high speed until soft peaks form. Add sugar then whip until stiff peaks form.

Recipe source: adapted from Bake Create Love

Nutrition Facts

calories

313 kcal

fat Content

14 g

serving Size

1 serving

fiber Content

1 g

sugar Content

33 g

sodium Content

63 mg

protein Content

2 g

cholesterol Content

57 mg

carbohydrate Content

44 g

saturated Fat Content

9 g

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