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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

An easy cake for any occasion that people will love! The combination of the butter with the brown sugar to give some sweetness on top of the fresh pineapples is a beautiful sight!! The cherries give the cake a nice pop of color and so much flavor. I eat those cherries nonstop.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, French
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Topping
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter (1/2 stick) melted
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar light or dark(light is preferred for appearance)
  • 8 pineapple slices
  • 1 jar maraschino cherries
Cake
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 6 tbsps unsalted butter softened to room temperature
  • ¾ cup granulated white sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • ⅓ cup sour cream room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup whole milk

Equipment

  • pie dish or round cake pan

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and cover pie pan with non-stick spray
Topping
  1. Pour melted butter into pie dish. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over the butter, creating a thin layer on top. You can use a spatula to spread the sugar more around.
  2. Arrange about 6 pineapple slice around the cake pan and 1 in the middle. Place the cherries inside the holes of the pineapples. I also like to arrange half of some pineapples around the rim of the pan. See the image for help.
Make the cake batter
  1. Whisk the dry ingredients
  2. Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle or whisk attachment, beat the butter on high speed until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Add the sugar and beat on high speed until creamed together, about 1 minute. On high speed, beat in the egg whites until combined, then beat in the sour cream and vanilla extract. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Turn the mixer onto low speed and as the mixer runs, slowly pour in the milk. Beat on low speed just until all of the ingredients are combined. You can add in some of the pineapple juice left over in the pineapple can to give the cake more flavor.
  3. Spread cake batter on top of the toppings, evenly
  4. Bake for about 45 min
  5. Let the cake cool for about 30 min-1 hr, then flip over. BE CAREFUL.