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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

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Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Yield: 8 servings

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About

Pineapple Upside Down Cake isn’t just called that because it’s baked upside down; it also turns your whole world around! The top is caramelized tender tropical fruit and the bottom is a golden moist cake soaked with fruit flavors. Buttery and beautiful, Pineapple Upside Down Cake flips the script on dessert!

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Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, divided
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, light or dark, tightly packed
  • 10 pineapple rings or slices, patted dry
  • 10 maraschino cherries
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs, room temperature preferred
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup milk, room temperature preferred

Directions

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2 -Melt 1/4 cup of the butter.

Step 3 -Completely cover the bottom of a pie plate or cake pan with the melted butter, greasing the bottom.

Step 4 -Sprinkle the bottom of the pie plate or cake with the brown sugar.

Step 5 -Arrange the pineapple slices over the bottom of the pan. Arrange some halfway up the sides too as desired.

Step 6 -Fill the centers of each of the pineapple slices with the cherries.

Step 7 -In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl using a hand mixer, cream the remaining 1/2 cup of the butter and the white sugar in a bowl.

Step 8 -Beat one egg at a time into the butter mixture.

Step 9 -In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together.

Step 10 -Alternate adding the flour mixture and the milk to the wet ingredients, until just combined. Be careful not to overmix.

Step 11 -Pour the cake mix over the pineapples and cherries.

Step 12 -Bake for 30 minutes.

Step 13 -Take the cake out and loosely cover it with aluminum foil.

Step 14 -Bake until a knife comes out clean from the center, about 15 minutes.

Step 15 -Allow to cool for about 10 minutes before inverting.

Step 16 -Serve!

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