Description
Nothing like sweet and indulgent Grandma’s Pineapple Upside-Down Cake! Made completely from scratch, this classic buttery vanilla cake with a caramelized top will sure bring back good memories.
Ingredients
For the Caramel:
- 180g (1 cup) light brown sugar
- 60g (3/4 cup) granulated sugar
- 60g (2 oz) pineapple juice, from the can
- 40g (3 tbsp) unsalted butter
For the Cake Batter:
- 125g (9 tbsp) unsalted butter
- 200g (1 cup) granulated sugar
- 3 medium eggs
- 250g (2 cups) all purpose flour
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 20oz pineapple slices in juice can
- 130ml (4.5 oz) pineapple juice, from the can
- 10 maraschino cherries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
For the Caramel:
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and pineapple juice. Whisk until the sugar dissolves and the mixture thickens into a smooth caramel.
- Pour caramel into a 8-inch round cake pan, coating the bottom and sides evenly.
- Arrange pineapple slices in a decorative pattern on top of the caramel. Place a maraschino cherry in the center of each pineapple slice.
For the Cake Batter:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, whisk eggs on medium high speed, until foamy. Transfer to a clean bowl and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar, on medium low, using the paddle attachment. Fold in the whisked eggs.
- In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients; flour, salt, baking powder. In another bowl combine the remaining wet ingredients; pineapple juice and vanilla.
- To the butter and egg mixture, alternate adding in the dry mixture and the wet mixture, starting and ending with the dry.
- Carefully pour batter into mold. Place batter over a water bath by simply adding hot water to a baking sheet placed in the rack below the cake in the oven.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool for 15-20 minutes before inverting onto plate.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Hispanic