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