Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Name: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 tbsp butter, melted; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1 tin pineapple rings in juice; 8 glacé cherries; 175g butter, softened; 175g caster sugar; 3 eggs; 175g self-raising flour; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tbsp pineapple juice from tin

A retro American butter cake baked over caramelised pineapple rings — flipped to reveal the pattern.

Total time

60 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

6 tbspbutter, melted

3/4 cupbrown sugar

1 tinpineapple rings in juice

8glacé cherries

175gbutter, softened

175gcaster sugar

3eggs

175gself-raising flour

1 tspvanilla extract

2 tbsppineapple juice from tin

Instructions

Pour melted butter into a 23cm round tin. Scatter brown sugar. Arrange pineapple rings. Place cherry in each centre.

Beat butter and caster sugar until pale. Add eggs one at a time.

Fold in flour, vanilla and pineapple juice.

Pour over pineapple carefully.

Bake at 180°C for 35-40 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Invert onto a plate.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

992

Protein

9.4g

Fat

56.8g

Carbs

115g

Fiber

1.3g

Sodium

334mg

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