Upside-down Pineapple Cake

So earlier today I posted up about the cutting and peeling and removing the eyes off the pineapple. Pretty simple eh. I’m just somehow addicted to watching people peel, remove eyes, cut, core on the pineapple for Rojak. They do it so fast it’s almost perfect.

Ok back to the cake. Canned pineapple rings are mostly used in this upside-down pineapple cake, mainly because it’s sweet enough! But it’s also because when these cakes were introduced in 1920s, canned pineapples were reasonably cheap and fresh pineapples are rare. This guy, canned 95% of his crop, hence the affordability. But nowadays, especially in Asian countries, pineapples are easy to find! and quite cheap too! So why use canned pineapples when you have the fresh ones.

Upside-down Pineapple Cake
(makes 9 inch )

30g Salted butter
150g brown sugar
1 medium pineapple, cut into rings and cored

125g Butter
100g Brown sugar (or caster, it’s ok)
2 medium eggs
160g All purpose flour (Cake flour is better)
1/2 tsp baking powder
100ml Milk
1 tsp lemon zest
1/4 tsp grated fresh ginger

Method
1. In a saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar till completely dissolve. Stir and let it cook further till it caramelize. It will probably take 1 minute or so. So don’t burn it as brown sugar tends to deceive your eyes to whether it’s caramelized or not. Then, pour into 9″ pan and arrange sliced pineapples on top of it. Feel free to add cherries but I didn’t have whole cherries, so I used diced cherries

 
I overcooked the caramel a little hence it was a bit dark.
2. Then prepare the cake batter. Cream butter, sugar, lemon zest and grated ginger in a mixing bowl till light and fluffy. If you want more cake, you can double the recipe. 
3. Add one egg at a time and beat till egg has incorporated before adding the second egg.
4. Sift dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Fold in half of the flour into the mixing bowl.
5. Fold in milk, then lastly the remaining flour. If u’re using a mixer, use the lowest speed possible to keep a nice texture on the cake. 
6. Pour batter onto pineapples and bake at 170 C for about 20-30 minutes or till done. Leave it to cool and invert it out on a plate. Serve warm

As you can see, it’s a bit dark, so I’d prefer to not caramelize the brown sugar too much. Or probably use half caster and half brown. My mum decided to just scoop out the pineapple and leave the cake behind, cause caramelized pineapples are just too good! Hehe..

Please be kind and serve with ice cream 😀

7 thoughts on “Upside-down Pineapple Cake

  1. @Honey Bee Sweets @ Sonia : Yeah it's actually not very sweet cause I added ginger and lemon zest to give it a tang

    @ICook4Fun: Canned pineapples are usually faster and it works well 🙂

  2. this is so cool! i'm about to start my training for le grand diplome at le cordon bleu, london this month! so exciting… i can't wait to be able to make all those gorgeous cakes too! 😉 ill be blogging about my exeriences there and i'm always happy to hear from other cordon bleu alumni! … well and everybody else, too obviously! =)

  3. This cake has been on my to-do list for a long time.

    When I saw ur profile pic in the comments section of other blogs, I told myself, this girl looks familiar!!! Oh yeah, I saw u in a local food magazine, that I forgot the name of it. I'm going to try out the Strawberry mousse recipe from the mag given by u, with a twist

  4. @PastryPrincess : Hi! I'd be visiting your blog so it reminds me of my time in LCB, oh how I've missed it.. 🙂

    @wendyywy: You should try it, it's surprisingly easy! Oh right.. yeah thanks for buying the magazine! hehe

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