Pineapple Upside-Down Grit Cake

Name: Pineapple Upside-Down Grit Cake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 sticks butter, melted and cooled; 2 larges eggs; 296 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters light brown sugar; 8 servings Maraschino cherries, stemmed; 581 grams pineapple rings, in natural juices; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon table salt; 118 milliliters yellow cornmeal

Pineapple Upside-Down Grit Cake

Pineapple Upside-Down Grit Cake is If you have baking powder, maraschino cherries, table salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Add half of the melted butter to the bottom of a 9-inch cake pan and sprinkle with the brown sugar.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Cake Form

Drain the pineapple rings and reserve 1/2 cup of the juice.

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Pineapple Rings

Juice

Lay the pineapple rings on top in a concentric pattern, overlapping slightly.

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Pineapple Rings

Place the cherries in the center of each of the pineapple rings.

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Pineapple Rings

Cherries

Whisk together the remaining melted butter, reserved pineapple juice, eggs and sugar in a medium bowl until smooth. In another large bowl, whisk to combine the flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.

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Pineapple Juice

Baking Powder

Cornmeal

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the wet to the dry and mix together until just combined.

Pour the batter over the pineapple rings and bake on a sheet tray until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.

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Pineapple Rings

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Toothpicks

Oven

Cool the cake in its pan for 25 minutes. Run a knife along the edges to loosen.

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Frying Pan

Place a plate over the top and carefully flip the cake out of the pan.

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Ingredients

Servings:

2teaspoons

baking powder 2sticks

butter, melted and cooled 2larges

eggs 296milliliters

all-purpose flour 237milliliters

light brown sugar 8servings

Maraschino cherries, stemmed 581grams

pineapple rings, in natural juices 177milliliters

sugar 1teaspoon

table salt 118milliliters

yellow cornmeal

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port, Moscato Dasti

Cake works really well with Cream Sherry, Port, and Moscato d'Asti. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. You could try NV Solera Cream Sherry. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 17 dollars per bottle.

NV Solera Cream Sherry

The Solera Cream Sherry has a brilliant amber and deep copper hue. With butterscotch and pecan aromas, the sweet salted nut and brown spice aromas carry a complex caramel accent. A sweet entry leads to a rounded, lush, moderately full-bodied palate with a lengthy, flavorful finish.