Pineapple Upside Down Cake

A couple of weeks ago, Martha Stewart did a show on cast iron. One of the recipes that was featured was a Pineapple Upside Down Cake.  Since I had a fresh pineapple in the house and I love cooking with cast iron, I knew I couldn’t pass this recipe up.  I am so glad I didn’t because this cake is easy and so really, really good!

Use a mellon baller to remove core

Ready for the batter.

Very hot cake right out of the oven.

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Author: Donya Mullins

Course: Cake, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

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Fresh pineapple and a cast iron pan make this an easy and delicious cake.

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 ⅓ cups a/p flour
• ▢ ¾ cup sugar
• ▢ 2 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ¼ cup vegetable oil
• ▢ ¾ cup milk
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ zest from 1 lime/lemon
• ▢ 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• ▢ ¼ cup butter (½ stick)
• ▢ ½ cup dark brown sugar
• ▢ 1 fresh ripe pineapple , sliced or 1-20 ounce can pineapple slices

Instructions

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  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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  Use a mellon baller to remove core.
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  In a mixing bowl, sift with a wire whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. 
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  Add the oil and milk to the bowl and beat for 1 minute. 
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  Add in vanilla, egg, lemon rind and juice. Blend until just combined.
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  In a cast iron skillet on stove top, melt butter. 
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  Remove from the heat and sprinkle in the brown sugar. 
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  Place the pineapple slices in the skillet and add the pecans.
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  Pour the batter evenly over the pineapple and bake for 35- 45 minutes. 
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  Remove from oven and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Turn out onto a round platter.

Notes

Make sure you don't cut your pineapple too thick or thin - actually about ½ inch.

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The pineapple turns a beautiful golden yellow – YUM!

My Notes – I didn’t have a lime that the recipe called for so I used a lemon and everything turned out great.