Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Name: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 2 h 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 pinch Pinch chile de arbol powder; 0 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters buttermilk; 165 grams cake flour (1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons); 3 Tbsps dark rum; 3 larges eggs; 149 grams granulated sugar; 300 grams granulated sugar (1 1/4 cups plus 3 tablespoons); 237 milliliters heavy cream; 149 grams fresh pineapple, coarsely chopped, plus 1 small ripe Golden pineapple, peeled, cored, sliced crosswise into 1/4-inch thick slices and each slice cut in 1/2; 0 teaspoons fine sea salt; 59 milliliters sour cream; 142 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped; 1 vanilla bean, split; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 118 milliliters water; 177 milliliters 115 grams fine yellow cornmeal

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake requires approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 521 calories. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up butter, sea salt, vanilla bean, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Put the chopped pineapple in a baking dish, cover with foil and roast in the oven until soft and lightly golden brown. Leave the oven at 350 degrees F.

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Pineapple

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Baking Pan

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Put the sugar, vanilla bean and 1/2 cup of water in a medium saucepan and cook over high heat until it turns a light caramel.

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Vanilla Bean

Caramel

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Add the chopped pineapple, cream, salt and arbol and cook until slightly reduced.

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Pineapple

Cream

Salt

Let cool for about 5 minutes before adding it to a blender.

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Blender

Remove the vanilla bean, then carefully transfer the mixture to a blender and blend until smooth. Strain through a medium mesh strainer into a bowl. Return the mixture to the saucepan and reduce it to a sauce consistency.

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Vanilla Bean

Sauce

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Sieve

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Blender

Bowl

Pour the caramel into a seasoned 10-inch cast iron pan and let cool slightly. Arrange the pineapple slices on top of the caramel and set aside.

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Pineapple Rings

Caramel

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Frying Pan

Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl once.

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Butter

Cream

Sugar

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating until each is incorporated.

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Egg

Whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl until combined.

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Baking Soda

Cornmeal

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk together the buttermilk, sour cream, rum, vanilla extract and vanilla seeds in a measuring cup. Alternate the dry and wet ingredients starting and ending with the flour and mix until just combined, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl.

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Vanilla Extract

Buttermilk

Sour Cream

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Seeds

Rum

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Measuring Cup

Whisk

Bowl

Pour the batter over the pineapple in the cast iron pan and bake until the top is lightly golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool on a baking rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto a large platter.

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Pineapple

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Toothpicks