Pineapple upside down cake
Pineapple upside down cake, from above
Non vegEggUnited States

Pineapple upside down cake

Caramel, pineapple rings, a cherry in each hole. Flip it and take the applause.

65 minTime
4 gProtein each
mildSpice
Flipped since the tin can2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBrown sugar caramel, tinned rings, maraschino cherries.
The original
342kcalsame
4 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
65minutessame

Classic American upside down cake.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

8 servings
Butter½ cup plus 1 tbsp, divided
Brown sugar½ cup
Pineapple7 tinned rings
Glace cherries (candied cherries)7
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups
Sugar⅔ cup
Egg2
Milk⅓ cup
Baking powder1½ tsp
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp
Salta pinch

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Heat the oven to 175 C. Melt 50 g butter in a 9 inch round tin and sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over it.
  2. 2Lay the pineapple rings on the sugar with a cherry in the centre of each.
  3. 3Cream the remaining butter and sugar, beat in the eggs and vanilla, then fold in maida, baking powder and salt with the milk and 2 tbsp pineapple syrup.
  4. 4Spread the batter carefully over the fruit and bake 40 to 45 minutes.
  5. 5Cool 5 minutes only, run a knife round the edge, put a plate on top and flip in one confident move.
Serve it like this

Serve warm wedges caramel side up on a flat plate, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a spoon of whipped cream.

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