Pineapple upside-down cake

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Ingredients

  • For the topping:

  • 75g unsalted Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter , plus more for preparing the pan
  • 85ml firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp dark rum
  • 3/4 small fresh pineapple, peeled
  • For the cake:

  • 210g self-raising flour
  • 1.25 tsp baking powder
  • 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 0.25 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 0.25 tsp fine salt
  • 160g unsalted Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter , at room temperature
  • 280g caster sugar
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 125ml whole milk, at room temperature

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make Pineapple upside-down cake

To make the topping:
1) Cut out a circle of greaseproof or wax paper and place it in the bottom of a 23cm by 5cm deep round cake tin. Lightly Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter the sides of the tin.

2) Heat a small saucepan over a medium-high heat. Add the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter and cook, stirring occasionally, until it is browned and has a nutty aroma, about 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk in the brown sugar and rum. Pour the butter-sugar mixture into the cake tin. Using a rubber spatula, spread the mixture out so it covers the bottom of the tin.

3) Quarter the pineapple lengthwise, core, and Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slice it into about twenty 1cm thick Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices . Arrange some of the pineapple Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices in a slightly overlapping ring around the inside of the cake tin, leaving the centre open. Place 3 of the Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices in the centre in a triangle pattern. Press the Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices into the butter-sugar mixture.

To make the cake:
1) Place a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Using a sieve over a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.

2) In a large bowl with a hand-held electric mixer, combine the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter and sugar and mix at a low speed until just incorporated. Raise the speed to high and mix until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. (Occasionally turn the mixer off, and scrape the sides of the bowl down with a rubber spatula.)

3) Add the eggs one at time, waiting for each one to be fully incorporated before adding the next.

4) Reduce the speed of the mixer to low. Add the flour mixture in 3 additions alternating with the milk. Raise the speed to medium and mix briefly until a smooth batter is formed. Pour the batter into the pineapple-lined tin.

5) Bake the cake, rotating the tin once during cooking, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean, about 1.5 hours. Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes.

6) Run a knife around the edge of the tin to release the cake. Carefully invert the cake onto a serving plate and remove the greaseproof paper. Allow to cool completely before serving.