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Nichole's Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

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Nichole's Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

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Category

Cake Recipes

Time

0 min

Serving

9 persons

Calories

727

Rating

4.00★ (5)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
Rows of halved pineapple rings create an unexpected geometric pattern on this upside-down cake by Allrecipes Editor in Chief Nichole Aksamit. Her secret to a toothsome crumb and a not-too-sweet cake? Almond flour and sour cream in the batter. Serve with unsweetened whipped cream, if desired.

Ingredients

  • cooking spray:
  • unsalted butter: 0.5 cup
  • packed brown sugar: 1 cup
  • packed brown sugar: 2 Tbsp
  • (1/4 inch thick) rings fresh pineapple: 7 piece
  • ¾ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
  • almond flour: 0.33333 cup
  • baking powder: 0.75 tsp
  • cornstarch: 0.5 tsp
  • salt: 0.5 tsp
  • ¾ cups white sugar: 1 piece
  • unsalted butter, at room temperature: 1 cup
  • eggs: 4 piece
  • vanilla extract: 0.75 tsp
  • sour cream: 0.75 cup

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  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Coat a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
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  2. Melt 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar, stirring until just dissolved. Cook until bubbling, about 2 minutes. Pour into the prepared pan.
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  3. Arrange pineapple in a single layer of diagonal rows over the brown sugar mixture.
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  4. Whisk together both flours, baking powder, cornstarch, and salt in a bowl.
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  5. Beat together white sugar and 1 cup butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Beat in 1/2 of the flour mixture, followed by 1/2 of the sour cream; repeat.
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  6. Spread batter over pineapple in the pan.
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  7. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 65 to 70 minutes.
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  8. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto a platter.
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