Pineapple Upside Down Cake

2014-10-18
  • Yield : 1 - 9" round cake
  • Prep Time : 20m
  • Cook Time : 50m
  • Ready In : 1:15 h

Simple ingredients, quick to make, and moist and flavorful, this pineapple upside down cake is sure to become a family favorite dessert.

Be forewarned – this only serves 2 LOL (I’m kidding – but you will want to eat the whole thing!!). It will not last!

Ingredients

  • 5 tbsps butter
  • 1 - 19 oz. can pineapple rings with juice
  • 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, processed fine
  • 1/2 cup pineapple juice

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F. Drain pineapple and reserve juice.

Step 2

Melt 5 tbsps. butter in 9" round cake pan and spread brown sugar evenly on top.

Step 3

Arrange pineapple rings in pan, reserving 2 or 3 rings (I had 3 left over from mine). Chop up extra rings. Put aside.

Step 4

In large bowl, cream butter and sugar for 1 minute. Add vanilla, egg, and chopped pineapple rings. Mix well. Put aside.

Step 5

In another bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder, and nuts together.

Step 6

Alternate adding flour mix and pineapple juice to butter and sugar mixture.

Step 7

Scoop batter over pineapple, level out gently using a spatula.

Step 8

Bake 45 - 50 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes and invert.

Comments (7)

  1. posted by Albina on March 20, 2015

    thank you for the recipe! cake looks delicious!

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  2. posted by tamara m (@tamara2go) on March 21, 2015

    Awesome recipe, I can’t wait to try it, I have never made this cake before but always wanted to! Thanks for sharing!

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  3. posted by cherri h on March 21, 2015

    Thank you for the recipe.

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  4. posted by Anna on March 22, 2015

    This looks good, my aunt used to make cake like this.

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  5. posted by Kim Hampton on March 23, 2015

    Looks so good!

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  6. posted by Alpsnailart on March 26, 2015

    Looks so yummilicious. I would definitely try this. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  7. posted by denise low on March 26, 2015

    This pineapple looks delicious. My mom use to make it for us all the time. Thank you for the recipe

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