Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Name: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 Tbsps dark rum for sprinkling over cake; 2 larges eggs; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons ground cardamom; 177 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 1 mediums pineapple, peeled, quartered lengthwise, and cored; 118 milliliters unsweetened pineapple juice; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 sticks unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake requires roughly 25 hours from start to finish. For 75 cents per serving, you get a dessert that serves 8. One portion of this dish contains around 4g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 401 calories. Head to the store and pick up pineapple juice, vanilla, granulated sugar, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Cut pineapple crosswise into 3/8-inch-thick pieces. Melt butter in skillet.

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Pineapple

Butter

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Frying Pan

Add brown sugar and simmer over moderate heat, stirring, 4 minutes.

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Brown Sugar

Remove from heat. Arrange pineapple on top of sugar mixture in concentric circles, overlapping pieces slightly.

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Pineapple

Sugar

Sift together flour, cardamom, baking powder, and salt. Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, then gradually beat in granulated sugar.

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Granulated Sugar

Baking Powder

Cardamom

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and rum.

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Vanilla

Egg

Rum

Add half of flour mixture and beat on low speed just until blended. Beat in pineapple juice, then add remaining flour mixture, beating just until blended. (Batter may appear slightly curdled.)

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Pineapple Juice

All Purpose Flour

Spoon batter over pineapple topping and spread evenly.

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Pineapple

Spread

Bake cake in middle of oven until golden and a tester comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

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Oven

Let cake stand in skillet 5 minutes. Invert a plate over skillet and invert cake onto plate (keeping plate and skillet firmly pressed together). Replace any pineapple stuck to bottom of skillet.

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Pineapple

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Frying Pan

Sprinkle rum over cake and cool on plate on a rack.

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Rum

Serve cake just warm or at room temperature.

•Some of the food editors found 3 teaspoons of cardamom to be too much, but others loved the intense flavor.•Cake may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring to room temperature before serving.

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Cardamom