Delicious Upside Down Pineapple Cake
This delightful cake is quite easy to make and uses no eggs. It is made in the microwave oven. It is colorful, flavorful and delicious.
Delicious Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Print recipe| Serves | 2 - 4 |
| Prep time | 5 minutes |
| Cook time | 10 minutes |
| Total time | 15 minutes |
| Dietary | Vegetarian |
| Meal type | Dessert |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Hot |
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter (melted)
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar (packed)
- 1 can Pineapple slices (8 oz.)
- 1 3/4 cup All-purpose Flour (unsifted flour - 1 and 3/4 cups)
- 3/4 cups Sugar (cane sugar)
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Liquid (juice from the canned pinapples plus milk)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Optional
- 4 Maraschino or Candied (cherries)
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| Melt the butter, but don't burn it. | |
| Step 2 | |
| In an 8 inch round or square glass dish, add 1/4 cup melted butter. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the butter. | |
| Step 3 | |
| Drain the pineapple slices (save the liquid). Place the slices on a paper towel to dry. | |
| Step 4 | |
| Arrange the pineapple slices in the 8 inch glass dish. Decorate with cherries. | |
| Step 5 | |
| In a small bowl, place flour, cane sugar, baking powder, salt, rest of the melted butter, liquid (juice plus milk) and vanilla. | |
| Step 6 | |
| Using a hand blender or a large spoon or fork, blend the ingredients for a minute or so, or until well-blended. | |
| Step 7 | |
| Carefully spread the batter over the fruit in the dish. You can add blobs of batter on top, and gently smooth it over the fruit. | |
| Step 8 | |
| Microwave at High, 6 to 12 minutes, depending upon your microwave oven. If necessary to manually rotate it, do so every 2 minutes. | |
| Step 9 | |
| Test with a tooth pick. When done, toothpick stuck in the cake will come out clean. | |
| Step 10 | |
| Invert the cake onto a plate. Let the dish stand over the cake for a few minutes. | |
| Step 11 | |
| Carefully remove dish. Serve hot or warm. | |
