Upside Down Pineapple Cake
Ingredients
For the Pineapple Filling:
2 Tablespoons butter
½ cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
8 slices canned Monaco Sliced Pineapple in light syrup, drain & reserve syrup
7 Monaco Red Maraschino Cherries
1 20-ounce can Monaco Crushed Pineapple, drained and juice reserved
For the Cake Dough:
1 1/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup reserved pineapple juice (from the can)
¾ cup sugar
½ cup unrefined coconut oil
1 egg
2 Tablespoons butter
½ cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
8 slices canned Monaco Sliced Pineapple in light syrup, drain & reserve syrup
7 Monaco Red Maraschino Cherries
1 20-ounce can Monaco Crushed Pineapple, drained and juice reserved
For the Cake Dough:
1 1/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup reserved pineapple juice (from the can)
¾ cup sugar
½ cup unrefined coconut oil
1 egg
SERVES 10 | TIME 1 HOUR 15 MIN
For the Pineapple Filling:
2 Tablespoons butter
½ cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
8 slices canned Monaco Sliced Pineapple in light syrup, drain & reserve syrup
7 Monaco Red Maraschino Cherries
1 20-ounce can Monaco Crushed Pineapple, drained and juice reserved
For the Cake Dough:
1 1/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup reserved pineapple juice (from the can)
¾ cup sugar
½ cup unrefined coconut oil
1 egg
2 Tablespoons butter
½ cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
8 slices canned Monaco Sliced Pineapple in light syrup, drain & reserve syrup
7 Monaco Red Maraschino Cherries
1 20-ounce can Monaco Crushed Pineapple, drained and juice reserved
For the Cake Dough:
1 1/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup reserved pineapple juice (from the can)
¾ cup sugar
½ cup unrefined coconut oil
1 egg
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350º
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The pineapple: - Melt butter and brown sugar in a 10-inch cast iron pan at moderate heat, until the sugar melts evenly.
- Retrieve the pan form the heat and place the Monaco Pineapple Slices around & in the middle.
- Place a Monaco Red Maraschino Cherry in each pineapple hole and fill remaining spaces with Monaco crushed pineapple.
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The Batter: - Sift flour, salt & baking powder.
- In a second bowl mix milk, vanilla and reserved pineapple syrup.
- In the bowl of your mixer, combine sugar and coconut oil and beat until thick & creamy, approximately 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the egg and beat.
- Add half of the flour mixture art low speed and until mixed, alternating with the milk mixture until combined.
- Pour the batter over the pineapple and spread evenly.
- Bake in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick come out clean. Do not let it get too brown.
- Remove form the oven and let cool 15 minutes.
- Flip the cake over with the help of a large plate.