Pineapple-Coconut Upsidedown Cake

Name: Pineapple-Coconut Upsidedown Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 118 milliliters mashed ripe banana; 79 milliliters firmly packed brown sugar; 1 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted; 1 large egg; 296 milliliters all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters 2% reduced-fat milk; 12 maraschino cherry halves; 567 grams pineapple slices in juice, undrained; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters butter or stick margarine, softened; 158 milliliters sugar; 59 milliliters flaked sweetened coconut

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Pineapple-Coconut Upsidedown Cake a try. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 4g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 328 calories. If you have coconut, banana, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Drain pineapple in a colander over a small saucepan, reserving juice.

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Pineapple

Juice

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Colander

Sauce Pan

Cut 6 pineapple slices in half crosswise; reserve remaining pine-apple slices for another use. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. Coat bottom of pan with 1 tablespoon melted butter; sprinkle with brown sugar. Arrange pine-apple, spoke-like, on top of brown sugar, working from center of pan to edge. Arrange cherries between pineapple slices.

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Pineapple Rings

Cooking Spray

Brown Sugar

Cherries

Butter

Apple

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Cake Form

Sprinkle evenly with coconut, and set aside.

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Coconut

Bring pineapple juice to a boil; cook 3 minutes or until reduced to 1/3 cup.

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Pineapple Juice

Remove from heat; let cool.

Combine softened butter and sugar in a large bowl, beating at medium speed of a mixer until well blended.

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Butter

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

Add egg, beating well.

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Egg

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl; stir well.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Combine banana, milk, and vanilla in another bowl.

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Vanilla

Banana

Milk

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Bowl

Add dry ingredients to butter mixture, alternately with banana mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

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Banana

Butter

Pour batter into prepared pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen cake from sides of pan, using a narrow metal spatula. Invert cake onto a serving plate. Poke holes in cake with a wooden pick; slowly drizzle with reduced pineapple juice.

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Pineapple Juice

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Wire Rack