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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake (Classic)

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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake (Classic)

An American classic — a ring-patterned caramel pineapple cake, inverted to serve. Pressing the brown sugar evenly into the melted butter before arranging the pineapple forms a smooth, even caramel layer instead of patchy pools once the cake is inverted.

Total time
65 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
50 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
American
vegetarian

Ingredients

4 tbspbutter, melted
3/4 cupbrown sugar
1 tin (440g)pineapple rings, drained
6-8maraschino cherries
175gbutter, softened
3/4 cupcaster sugar
3eggs
1 1/2 cupsself-raising flour
1 tspvanilla extract
1/2 cupsour cream

Instructions

1

Pour melted butter into a 23cm round tin. Press brown sugar in.

2

Arrange pineapple rings and cherries on the sugar.

3

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

4

Fold in flour, vanilla and sour cream.

5

Spoon over pineapple. Bake at 180°C for 45-50 minutes. Invert to serve.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories
988
Protein
10.4g
Fat
56.9g
Carbs
112.9g
Fiber
1.4g
Sodium
362mg

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