Moms Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipes

LIKE MOM'S PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Use a 9 or 10 inch cast iron skillet or pan.
• Melt 1/4 cup of the butter over low heat in skillet, add brown sugar make sure evenly coats bottom.
• Take pan off of the heat, arrange pineapple slices on top of brown sugar.
• In a large bowl, cream other 1/4 cup of butter with the sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, mix until blended. Add juice, milk if using, and vanilla. Beat until sugar is well dissolved.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt and mix with the egg mixture until well blended.
• Pour batter into the skillet/pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
• Let cool for 10 minutes and then put plate over skillet/pan and flip over.

GRANDMA'S PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a 9-inch cast iron skillet over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar; heat until bubbly. Remove from heat. Arrange pineapple rings and pecans on top.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; repeat sifting twice more.
• Beat white sugar and eggs together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Alternate folding flour mixture and pineapple juice into the egg mixture in 3 batches, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Pour over pineapple slices.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in the skillet for 5 minutes. Invert carefully onto a serving platter.

SPICED PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt 2/3 cup butter; stir in brown sugar. Spread in the bottom of an ungreased heavy 12-in. ovenproof skillet or a 13x9-in. baking pan. Arrange pineapple in a single layer over sugar mixture; place a cherry in the center of each slice. Sprinkle with pecans and set aside. , In a large bowl, cream sugar and remaining butter until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; add alternately to batter with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. , Carefully pour over the pineapple. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes for skillet, 50-60 minutes for baking pan. Immediately invert onto a serving platter. Serve warm.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• In a small sauce own, melt 1/4 cup butter on medium heat; stir in brown sugar until blended.
• Pour mixture into a greased 9" baking pan (I use a round pan but square is OK also).
• Place about 8 pineapple slices into the pan; use half slices if necessary to fill gaps; place one or two cherries into the whole of each pineapple slice; set pan aside.
• In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In bowl of mixer cream together 1/2 cup softened butter, granulated sugar, egg, and vanilla, scraping bowl occasionally.
• With mixer on low speed alternately add flour and pineapple juice and mix just until combined. Do not over mix.
• Spread the batter evenly over the pineapples in the pan.
• Bake cake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Remove pan to a rack to cool for about 5 minutes.
• Place a large serving or cake plate over the pan and carefully flip the pan and plate over and let sit another 5 minutes.
• Gently remove pan from cake.