Pineapple Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake

Name: Pineapple Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 Tbsps minced crystallized ginger; 2 larges eggs; 118 milliliters (packed) golden brown sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 177 milliliters mild-flavored (light) molasses; 1 kilograms pineapple chunks in heavy syrup, drained, patted dry with paper towels; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted; 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters whipping cream, beaten to soft peaks; 177 milliliters whole milk

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Pineapple Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake a try. This recipe makes 10 servings with 472 calories, 6g of protein, and 20g of fat each. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have all purpose flour, ground cinnamon, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Melt 1/4 cup butter in 10-inch-diameter cast-iron skillet or other heavy ovenproof skillet (preferably nonstick) over medium heat.

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Add 2/3 cup brown sugar and stir until mixture begins to form thick mass, about 4 minutes. Continue cooking, without stirring, until butter mixture spreads and covers bottom of skillet and bubbles appear all over surface, about 6 minutes longer.

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Brown Sugar

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Remove skillet from heat. Arrange pineapple chunks close together in concentric circles atop sugar mixture in skillet.

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Pineapple Chunks

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Sift first 8 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat molasses, golden brown sugar, melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract in large bowl until well blended, about 2 minutes.

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Molasses

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Add half of dry ingredients, then whole milk, then remaining half of dry ingredients, beating until well blended after each addition. Beat in crystallized ginger.

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Spread batter evenly over pineapple in skillet.

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Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool cake in skillet 5 minutes. Run small knife around sides of skillet to loosen cake.

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