Eight Animals Bake a Cake - Pineapple Upside Down Cake

photo by Boomette





- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 6-8
ingredients
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TOPPING (to go in the bottom of the pan)
- 8 pineapple rings (canned or fresh)
- 8 maraschino cherries
- 8 -15 pecan halves (or 1/4 to 1/2 chopped pecans)
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1⁄2 cup packed brown sugar
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BATTER (yellow cake mix can be used instead)
- 1 cup flour
- 3⁄4 cup white sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2⁄3 cup milk
- 1⁄3 cup butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
- In a 9" x 13" baking dish (I used a 9" round, I can't imagine the batter covering a 9x13 pan), arrange the eight pineapple rings on the bottom (I used 7).
- Put one cherry in the center of each ring.
- Place the pecans around the edges of the rings.
- Melt 1/4 cup butter in a small glass bowl for 30 seconds in the microwave. Stir in the brown sugar. Pour the mixture over the pineapple rings. Set dish aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, milk, 1/3 cup butter, egg, and vanilla. Beat for three minutes with a mixer. Then pour the mixture over the pineapple in the baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Let the cake cool. Cut into pieces and flip them onto serving plates, or flip the entire cake over onto a serving platter and slice.
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Reviews
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I used a 8" round pan and used 7 pineapple rings. The taste of the topping is great. And I made the batter. So easy. No need to use a cake mix when it's so easy to do. The taste of the cake is great and moist. I baked it 35 minutes and it was perfect. It's one of the best I made. Thanks for posting this recipe :)
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