Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Delicious pineapple upside down cake with caramelized fruit topping, perfect for dessert or special.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake is a gluten free take on an old classic.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum
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Course: Baking, Cakes, Gluten Free, Healthy Living, Recipes
Servings
+

4

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes
Calories

300

kcal
Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Butter

  • 0.33 cup Brown sugar

  • 225 gram Pineapple slices-(1 can)

  • 3 Maraschino cherries-or 4 pieces, cut in half

  • 0.25 cup Rice flour

  • 0.5 cup Potato starch flour

  • 0.25 cup Tapioca flour

  • 1 cup Sugar

  • 1.5 tsp Baking powder

  • 0.25 cup Shortening

  • 0.75 tsp Vanilla

  • 1 Egg

  • 0.5 tsp Xanthan gum

  • Milk

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
  • In a round baking tin, heat the butter in to oven until melted.
  • Take the pan from the oven and sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the melted butter.
  • Cut pineapple pieces in half and arrange them on the brown sugar, all facing the same way.
  • Put maraschino cherry halves in the holes of the pineapple slices. Put aside.
  • In a large bowl, mix rice flour, potato starch flour, tapioca flour, sugar, baking powder, an xanthan gum.
  • Pour the reserved pineapple juice into a measuring cup and add enough milk to measure ¾ cup. And the juice, mixture and shortening and vanilla to flour mixture.
  • Beat on low speed scraping down the bowl until combined.
  • Add the egg and beat on high for 3 minutes.
  • Pour batter into the baking pan making sure all the pineapple pieces are covered.
  • Bake for 30 – 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Notes

  • Pineapple Upside Down Cake is tot suitable for freezing
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Kate Carlile
Kate brings sexy back to the office as our Administration Manager and all-round most loveliest lady in the world. She is super Mum to four and the SAHM office would literally fall apart without her. Her dream is to colour the world purple whilst travelling around it in a lavender Winnebago!

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Response to “Pineapple Upside Down Cake”

  1. Kelli Haggett Avatar
    Kelli Haggett

    If you take lemon pudding (the cooking kind, NOT the instant) and icing it with it, it’s OMG SO GOOD!

    I’ve done this recipe for years. I have had a hard time finding anyone who doesn’t like it.

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