Pineapple Upside-Down Cake (Classic)

Name: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake (Classic)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 tbsp butter, melted; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1 tin (440g) pineapple rings, drained; 6-8 maraschino cherries; 175g butter, softened; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 3 eggs; 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 cup sour cream

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

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

Arrange pineapple rings and cherries on the sugar.

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

Fold in flour, vanilla and sour cream.

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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