Name: Classic Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Topping:; 1½ cups brown sugar; ½ cup butter; 1½ can pineapple slices; 2 tbsp Karo syrup; maraschino cherries; ¼ cup pineapple juice; For Cake:; 2 cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup cake flour; 2 tbsp cake flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 2 cups sugar; 1 box vanilla instant pudding mix; 1½ cups butter; 5 eggs; 1 cup sour cream; ½ cup buttermilk; 1 tsp vanilla

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How To Make Classic Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Bring the retro vibes back to your table with this pineapple upside-down cake recipe. It comes with all the works- cherries, pineapple slices, and caramel.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour 40 minutes

Total: 2 hours

Serves:

Ingredients

For Topping:

1½cupsbrown sugar,firmly packed
½cupbutter
1½canpineapple slices
2tbspKaro syrup
maraschino cherries
¼cuppineapple juice

For Cake:

2cupsall-purpose flour
½cupcake flour
2tbspcake flour
1tspbaking powder
1tspsalt
2cupssugar
1boxvanilla instant pudding mix
1½cupsbutter
5eggs
1cupsour cream
½cupbuttermilk
1tspvanilla

Instructions

Toppping:

Melt butter in pan and add brown sugar, add pineapple juice, and Karo.
Stir constantly while bubbles form and continue to heat for about 5 minutes.
Pour into greased cake pan and arrange pineapple slices and cherries.
Add crushed pineapples in between spaces.

Cake:

Combine all dry ingredients and stir with wooden spoon.
Melt butter and pour into flour mix.
Beat eggs and add to mix, then add sour cream, buttermilk, and vanilla.
Mix for 3 minutes.
Pour over pineapple slices and bake for 1 hour at 375 degrees F (or until knife comes out clean from the center).

Nutrition

Calories: 1091.50kcal
Fat: 54.98g
Saturated Fat: 33.51g
Trans Fat: 1.87g
Monounsaturated Fat: 14.47g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.70g
Carbohydrates: 144.74g
Fiber: 1.76g
Sugar: 108.55g
Protein: 9.44g
Cholesterol: 237.55mg
Sodium: 612.05mg
Calcium: 169.99mg
Potassium: 312.18mg
Iron: 3.43mg
Vitamin A: 484.93µg
Vitamin C: 7.80mg

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