Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Name: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 1 h 31 min
Cook time: 1 h 31 min
Total time: 1 h 31 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons baking powder; 473 milliliters lightly packed light brown sugar; 118 milliliters buttermilk; 2 larges eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 473 milliliters granulated sugar; 6 to 8 maraschino cherries; 1 fresh pineapple; 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature; 4 Tbsps unsalted butter; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 Tbsp water; 946 milliliters yogurt gelato, store-bought, for serving

Need a vegetarian dessert? Pineapple Upside-Down Cake could be a super recipe to try. This recipe makes 8 servings with 933 calories, 10g of protein, and 34g of fat each. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, lightly brown sugar, butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 31 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Peel the pineapple and remove core. Slice into (1-inch) thick circles.

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Pineapple

In a small saucepan melt butter with 1 tablespoon of water and add light brown sugar. Stir well with a whisk over medium heat until the sugar is completely dissolved and you have a nice smooth caramel, about 3 to 4 minutes.

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Light Brown Sugar

Caramel

Butter

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Pour into a round 9 1/2-inch nonstick cake pan. Arrange pineapple circles evenly in the caramel, (1 in the center and 5 around the outside usually works), and press down so they are submerged in the caramel.

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Pineapple

Caramel

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Cake Form

Place 1 maraschino cherry in the center of each pineapple ring. Make the batter: Sift flour and baking powder together. In a stand mixer cream butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. With mixer on low, add eggs 1 at a time.

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Maraschino Cherries

Granulated Sugar

Baking Powder

Pineapple

Butter

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Stand Mixer

Add half the buttermilk and vanilla then half the flour.

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Buttermilk

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Add remaining buttermilk and then remaining flour.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Pour the batter into the cake pan over the caramel and pineapple.

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Pineapple

Caramel

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Cake Form

Spread out evenly with a rubber spatula.

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Spread

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Spatula

Place the cake pan on a roasting tray to catch any caramel that may bubble over and bake in the oven for approx 1 hour. The cake should be nice and golden on top and puffed up slightly. When gently pressed in the center it should bounce back. Allow to cool slightly, (about 1 minute), before inverting onto a cake plate. Dust very lightly with confectioners' sugar and serve each slice with a scoop of yogurt gelato.

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Powdered Sugar