Pineapple Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake

Name: Pineapple Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 355 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar, divided; 177 milliliters butter, divided; 1 large egg; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 118 milliliters molasses; 473 milliliters coarsely chopped fresh pineapple; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters hot water

Need If you have baking soda, ground cloves, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 5 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a 10-inch cast iron or heavy ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Tilt skillet to coat sides.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Remove from heat, and stir in 1 cup brown sugar. Arrange pineapple on bottom of skillet; set aside.

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Brown Sugar

Pineapple

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Frying Pan

Stir together flour and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Set aside.

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All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Melt remaining 6 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, and stir in 1/2 cup hot water, molasses, and remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar.

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Brown Sugar

Molasses

Water

Whisk in egg.

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Egg

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Whisk

Add butter mixture gradually to flour mixture, stirring until well blended.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Pour batter into prepared skillet.

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Frying Pan

Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Invert cake onto a round platter. Scrape any sugar mixture left in skillet over cake.

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Sugar