Cast-Iron Pineapple Upside-down Cake. Cast Iron Pineapple Upside Down Cake. We've given Grandpa's favorite pineapple upside down cake recipe a kick by baking the cake on a wood-fired grill to saturate it with flavorful hardwood smoke. We'd like to think he'd like it better this way.

After baking and letting it cool for a long period of time, I tried to turn it out onto a plate and the whole thing fell apart -- it looks more like bread pudding with pineapple on it. The cast iron distributed heat evenly, allowing butter and sugar in the bottom of the skillet to caramelize underneath a cake batter. Pineapple upside-down cake premiered not long after inventor James Dole started putting out perfectly cut pineapple rings, after making the machine that produced perfect cuts. You can have Cast-Iron Pineapple Upside-down Cake using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cast-Iron Pineapple Upside-down Cake

Prepare 1/2 cup of butter, thinly slice.
It's 1 cup of brown sugar.
It's 1 can of pineapple rings, drained.
It's 1 can of maraschino cherries.
Prepare 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
You need 2 tsp of baking powder.
Prepare 3 of eggs.
It's 1 cup of sugar.
It's 3 tbsp of hot water.

Pour batter over the pineapple rings in the skillet. Remove cake while it is still hot by inverting the skillet onto a cake plate. This recipe for the best pineapple upside down cake can be made in a regular cake pan, or like I did here, in a cast iron skillet. It was a total success and the caramel crusty topping that develops from the brown sugar and butter was considerably better than the crust that.

Cast-Iron Pineapple Upside-down Cake instructions

Preheat oven to 350°. Put butter slices evenly in the bottom of a 9-10"cast-iron skillet. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Arrange pineapple rings on top. Put a cherry in each pineapple ring..
In a small bowl, combine flour and baking powder..
In a medium bowl, lightly beat eggs. Gradually add granulated sugar to mixture, then mix in water. Add dry ingredients, mixing well..
Pour batter over the pineapple rings in the skillet. Bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove cake while it is still hot by inverting the skillet onto a cake plate. Serve with whipped cream..

The Search for the Best Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe This Southern delight is noted for being baked in a cast iron skillet. Our Test Kitchen's skillets got a workout as we tested recipes in search of the all-time best pineapple upside-down cake recipe. Remove from oven and turn onto heat-proof plate. Submit a Recipe Correction Excellent basic recipe. Instead of sliced pineapples I used crushed pineapples then placed cherries on the pineapples.