Melt in your mouth Pineapple Upside Down cake. Super moist and super flavorful!

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: Not specified
  • Cook time: 40 minutes
  • Total time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 6
  • Category: Recipes
  • Cuisine: Kitchen notes

Ingredients

Topping

  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted)
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • 7 pineapple slices
  • 12 maraschino cherries

Cake

  • 1.25 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 5 tablespoons oil [i used canola oil]
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • ¼ cup pineapple juice
  • 1 eggs (at room temperature)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla

Method

Cake batter

  1. In a bowl sift together all purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  2. In another bowl whisk together all the wet ingredients: egg, buttermilk, vanilla, pineapple juice and oil.
  3. Add the dry ingredients into the wet in 3 parts.
  4. Whisk until just combined. Do not overmix.

Topping

  1. Melt butter in the microwave and pour into a 9X2 round cake pan.
  2. Sprinkle brown sugar uniformly over the butter.
  3. Place 1 pineapple ring in the middle of the pan and place the cut slices all around in a fan shape.
  4. Arrange cherries between the pineapple slices [see pictures].
  5. Carefully pour the cake batter on top taking care not to dislodge the cherries.

Bake

  1. Place the pan on a cookie sheet [because some oil might ooze out and create a mess in the oven] and bake at 350 F degrees for around 40 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  2. Take out the cake from the oven when done and let it cool for around 30-40 minutes.
  3. Flip over the cake directly onto your serving plate.
  4. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.