Pineapple Upside-Down Pumpkin Gingerbread

Pineapple Upside-Down Pumpkin Gingerbread
Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 435 calories, 5g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up pineapple, mild-flavored molasses, baking soda, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray9x9x2-inch metal baking pan with nonstickspray.
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Combine sugar, butter, pineapplejuice concentrate, and molasses in heavysmall saucepan. Bring to boil over mediumheat, whisking until sugar dissolves andsyrup is smooth; boil 1 minute.
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Pour evenlyinto prepared pan.
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Cut off one 1/3-inch-thick round frompineapple; cut out core.
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Place round insyrup in pan. Stand pineapple on end.
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Cutlengthwise into 1/3-inch-thick slices. Using3 round cutters of different sizes, cut outrounds from pineapple slices, avoidingcore. Arrange rounds close together insingle layer in free-form design in syrup.
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Whisk first 6 ingredients inmedium bowl. Beat butter in large bowluntil fluffy.
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Add sugar and beat to blend.Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Beat in molasses,then pumpkin. Beat in dry ingredients justuntil blended, occasionally scraping downsides of bowl. Beat in 1/2 cup boiling water.
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Pour batter evenly into pan.
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Bake cake until tester inserted intocenter comes out clean, about 50 minutes.Cool cake in pan 45 minutes.
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Place platterover pan and invert.
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Let stand 5 minutes.Gently lift off pan.
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Serve cake warm or atroom temperature with whipped cream.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings10
Health Score7
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