Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Recipe for a delicious and scrumptious Pineapple Upside Down Cake. Use maraschino cherries or raw/frozen for a beautiful looking cake.
Equipment
- 9-inch Square Pan
- KitchenAid Mixer paddle attachment
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Butter
- 2/3 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 1/3 cup Flour
- 1/3 cup Shortening
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 9 Slices Pineapple
- 9 Cherries pitted
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 3/4 cup Milk
- 1 Egg
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place 1/4 cup butter in a 9-inch square pan and then place the pan into the oven to melt.
- When melted, sprinkle 2/3 cup brown sugar evenly in the pan and then pack the sugar down slightly.
- Arrange 9 pineapple slices in the pan in rows of three.
- Place 9 cherries in the center of each pineapple slice.
- Then, in a KitchenAid mixing bowl, beat all of the remaining ingredients for three minutes which includes the flour, shortening, salt, white sugar, baking powder, milk and 1 egg.
- Carefully pour the cake batter over the pineapples and then spread it evenly with a spatula.
- Finally, bake the Pineapple Upside Down Cake for 50-55 minutes.
- When the cake pan is removed from the oven, immediately place the heated pan on a platter, then carefully flip the pan onto the platter. Then, remove the pan from off of the cake.
- Let rest for 3-5 minutes before serving.