Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Name: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 355 milliliters firmly packed brown sugar; 227 grams butter, softened; 237 milliliters butter, softened, plus 1/2 cup, melted; 296 milliliters whole buttermilk; 710 milliliters cake flour, plus more for pan; 828 milliliters confectioners sugar; 5 larges eggs; 283 grams maraschino cherries, drained well; 8 servings Chopped pecans, for garnish, optional; 1 kgs pineapple slices in juice, drained well (reserve 2 tablespoons juice for frosting); 2 Tbsps reserved pineapple juice; 0 teaspoons salt; 532 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 12g of protein, 52g of fat, and a total of 1372 calories. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes. A mixture of pineapple in juice, vanillan extract, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with nonstick cooking spray and coat with flour.

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Cooking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Oven

In a large bowl, beat 1 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add the sugar, beating until fluffy.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla and set aside.

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Vanilla

Egg

In a small bowl, add the 3 cups of flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir to combine.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Add the flour mixture into the egg mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Divide the brown sugar evenly into each pan.

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Brown Sugar

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Frying Pan

Pour the melted butter equally over the brown sugar. Arrange the pineapple slices and cherries over the brown sugar. Reserve remaining pineapple slices and cherries for another use.

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Pineapple Rings

Brown Sugar

Cherries

Butter

Pour equal amounts of batter over the fruit and bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 to 45 minutes.

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Fruit

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Oven

Let the cakes cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Invert the cakes onto wire racks to cool completely.

To assemble the cake, carefully arrange 1 cake layer, pineapple side up, on a cake plate. Carefully stack the remaining cake layer, pineapple side up, over the first layer. Frost the sides of the cake with Pineapple Buttercream Frosting. Press chopped pecans into sides of cake, if desired.

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Pecan Pieces