Retro-Fantastic Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Name: Rukmini Iyer Pineapple Upside Down Cake | Retro Cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 1 x 425g tin of pineapple rings; A handful of glacé cherries, halved; 115g butter; 115g caster sugar; ½ tsp vanilla bean paste; 2 eggs; 115g self-raising flour; ½ tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp pineapple juice (from the tin)

by Rukmini Iyer from The Roasting Tin: Deliciously Simple One-Dish Dinners

This classic dessert will always bring smiles to the table with its instantly recognisable pineapple ring and glacé cherry pattern.

Vegetarian Baking Family Friendly

Serves 6–8

Total 45 min

Prep 15 min

Cook 30 min

Easy

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Introduction from Rukmini Iyer

Is there anything better than a pineapple upside down cake? Very little – I’ve insisted that my mother make this every year for my birthday for at least the last fifteen years. Artificially red glacé cherries are, of course, mandatory.

Ingredients

1 x 425g tin of pineapple rings

A handful of glacé cherries, halved

115g butter

115g caster sugar

½ tsp vanilla bean paste

2 eggs

115g self-raising flour

½ tsp baking powder

1 tbsp pineapple juice (from the tin)

Essential kit

You will need: a wire rack.

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C fan/180°C/gas 4. Line the baking tin with butter and greaseproof paper, then butter the paper well. Arrange the pineapple rings and glacé cherries over the paper as you wish, and set aside.

Whisk together the butter, caster sugar and vanilla bean paste until light and fluffy, then whisk in the eggs, one at a time. Fold in the flour and baking powder, then stir in the pineapple juice.

Carefully spread the mixture over the pineapple rings and glacé cherries, smooth down, then transfer to the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Invert on to a wire rack, and remove the tin.

Carefully peel off the paper and allow to cool down completely before slicing.

Note: If there is any pineapple left over, you might as well go the whole retro mile and thread chunks of the fruit on to cocktail sticks with cubes of Cheddar.

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