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A piece of Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe, with its moist interior and golden-brown crust, topped with a glossy pineapple slice and cherry. A small serving of cherries sits on the plate beside it.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

A classic, crowd-pleasing dessert that looks fancy but is secretly simple to make. This Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe gets its magic from a buttery brown sugar topping, juicy canned pineapple, and a moist vanilla cake infused with pineapple juice. Great for birthdays, holidays, or any gathering!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 10 slices
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Classic, Retro
Calories: 340
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

🔸 For the Topping
  • ¼ cup Butter - Melted in the pan
  • ½ cup Brown sugar - Light or dark
  • 7–9 Pineapple rings - Canned reserve juice
  • 7–9 Maraschino cherries - Optional for center of rings
🔸 For the Cake
  • 1 ½ cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 cup Granulated sugar
  • 2 Eggs - Room temperature
  • ½ cup Butter - Softened
  • ½ cup Milk - Whole or buttermilk
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 2–3 tablespoon Pineapple juice - From the can

Equipment

  • 1 9 or 10-inch skillet (Cast iron or round cake pan)
  • 1 Electric mixer or whisk (For creaming butter and mixing batter)
  • 1 Mixing bowl (large) (For cake batter)
  • 1 Mixing bowl (medium) (For dry ingredients)
  • 1 Measuring cups and spoons
  • 1 Rubber spatula
  • 1 Serving plate (Larger than your pan, for the flip)

Method
 

  1. Melt butter, add brown sugar, bubble it
    A close-up of a skillet with butter melting in a golden pool of bubbling liquid, with a slight caramelization effect around the edges, suggesting it's the start of the process for preparing the topping for a Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
  2. Arrange pineapple rings and cherries
    A bowl of smooth cake batter with ingredients like flour, cornmeal, and eggs scattered around. The creamy texture of the batter swirls in the large mixing bowl, indicating it's ready for baking.
  3. Mix wet and dry ingredients for batter
    A golden-brown Pineapple Upside Down Cake fresh from the oven, showcasing rings of pineapple slices topped with red maraschino cherries, arranged in a circular pattern. The cake is cooked in a cast iron skillet, giving it a rustic look.
  4. Pour batter and bake the cake
    A piece of Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe, with its moist interior and golden-brown crust, topped with a glossy pineapple slice and cherry. A small serving of cherries sits on the plate beside it.

Nutrition

Serving: 120gCalories: 340kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 4gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 180mgPotassium: 130mgFiber: 1gSugar: 31gVitamin A: 500IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 1.2mg

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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