Recipe: Appetizing pineapple upside-down cake

pineapple upside-down cake. The cake was a modern marvel because it relied on the recently introduced innovation of canned pineapple rings and preserved maraschino cherries. This is a hybrid pineapple upside-down cake which I've developed over the years. Instead of pineapple rings, I use crushed pineapple, coconut, and honey.

Substitute reserved peach juice for the pineapple juice. Cut the maraschino cherries in half, and place one half, cut-side up, in the center of each pineapple ring. This is one of the most popular Pineapple Upside-Down Cake on this site. You can have pineapple upside-down cake using 11 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of pineapple upside-down cake

1. Prepare 20 oz of can on pineapple rings.
2. It's 2/3 cup of butter (melted).
3. Prepare 1 1/3 cup of brown sugar.
4. It's 1 cup of chopped pecans.
5. Prepare 6 of eggs(seperated).
6. Prepare 2 cup of sugar.
7. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
8. You need 2 cup of flour.
9. It's 2 tsp of baking powder.
10. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
11. Prepare 1 of maraschino cherries.

My mother has an easier version where you don't need to beat the egg whites separately. Whisk together whole eggs and sugar until the liquid becomes light yellow and foamy. This means the chemical reaction is almost equivalent to beating the egg whites in the end batter. Upside down, right side up…there's no wrong way to enjoy this Southern-favorite cake.

pineapple upside-down cake instructions

1. in and ungrease 9x13 glass baking dish combine melted butter and brown sugar.
2. drain the can of pineapple reserving all the juice.
3. arrange pineapple in two rows along the lengthwise sides of the dish then take the last two slices and cut the in half and place them between the rows of whole pineapple slices.
4. sprinkle the chopped pecans over the pineapple and set the dish aside.
5. in a large bowl beat the egg yolks until thick and lemon colored.
6. gradually add sugar beating well.
7. blend in vanilla and reserved pineapple juice.
8. combine flour,baking powder, salt and add to batter beating well.
9. in another bowl beat egg whites on high speed untill stiff peaks form.
10. fold egg whites into the batter.
11. spoon the batter into the 9x13 dish.
12. bake at 375°F for 30 to 35 minutes.
13. let stand for 10 minutes then invert to your serving dish.
14. place cherries in the center of the pineapples.

It gets baked with a base of ooey gooey pineapple slices, which become sticky and sweet during their time in the oven. When it's finished baking, the cake gets inverted in one big flip so that the pineapple rounds end up topping the cake and displayed upside down—or right side up, depending on your. Pineapple Upside Down Cake from Scratch. This pineapple upside down cake is dense, like a sour cream pound cake, with ground almonds in the flour to give it even more substance and a slight almond flavor. The caramel pineapple topping is so good, you'll want to pick every crumb.