Pineapple Upside Down Cake – A retro recipe for Pineapple Upside Down Cake, which is easy to make, and is fabulous served warm with custard.
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Another Old-School Retro Recipe
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Hot on the heels of my last School recipe for Raspberry Buns, is this recipe for Pineapple Upside Down Cake – also a cake that I made at school in a domestic science (home economics) class.
Pineapple Upside Down Cake is a simple cake to make, and crosses over into a pudding cake, insofar as it is FABULOUS when served warm with custard.
This retro recipe never fails to delight, and there’s something rather comforting about cooked pineapple, plus it smells divine when it comes out of the oven.
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake was extremely popular in the States during the 1920′s, when the Dole pineapple company held a competition for pineapple recipes.
They received hundreds of recipes, of which many were for an upside down cake using pineapples and cherries, thus promoting the popularity of this pretty inverted fruit cake.
Inverted cakes, as in upside down cakes, go right back to Mediaeval times though – where fruit was placed in the bottom of a skillet, and then batter was poured on top and baked over an open fire.
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Think of the French Apple Tarte Tatin, which goes right back to the Middle Ages; popular fruits of the time were apples, pears and cherries.
There’s always that feeling of trepidation when turning out an inverted cake, will it all come out looking as it should, and then the feeling of triumph when it does!
Luckily, as you can see from my photos, mine was very well behaved and unmoulded to reveal the rings of pineapple with a cherry in the middle of each one.
I have seen recipes where pineapple chunks has been used, but this us the recipe I remember making at school, and it’s much prettier I think.
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My recipe today is a smaller recipe than I remember making at school, and serves between 5 and 6 people.
I used a 20cm (8″) diameter cake tin, but, if you would like to make a bigger version than just increase the recipe by half, and use a 25cm (10″) cake tin.
Serve this cake warm with custard, ir let it go cold and enjoy cut into slices with a cuppa, the choice is yours.
I hope you enjoy this cake if you make it, it’s a simple recipe, but I have added some more luxurious twists in the notes below. Do let me know if you make it, Karen
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Make a bigger Pineapple Upside Down Cake
(Serves 8)
Ingredients:
TOPPING:
7 pineapple slices
7 glace cherries
CAKE:
175g SR Flour
175g sugar
175g butter, or margarine
3 eggs, beaten with 3 tablespoons milk
Method:
Make as before for smaller cake, but bake for 40 minutes. Use a 25cm (10″) cake tin.
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Recipe for Pineapple Upside Down Cake
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Hot on the heels of my last School recipe for Raspberry Buns, is this recipe for Pineapple Upside Down Cake - also a cake that I made at school in a domestic science (home economics) class.
Pineapple Upside Down Cake is a simple cake to make, and crosses over into a pudding cake, insofar as it is FABULOUS when served warm with custard.
This retro recipe never fails to delight, and there's something rather comforting about cooked pineapple, plus it smells divine when it comes out of the oven.
Pineapple Upside Down Cake was extremely popular in the States during the 1920's, when the Dole pineapple company held a competition for pineapple recipes.
They received hundreds of recipes, of which many were for an upside down cake using pineapples and cherries, thus promoting the popularity of this pretty inverted fruit cake.
Ingredients
- TOPPING:
- 5 pineapple slices, drained
- 6 glace cherries
- CAKE:
- 125g SR flour
- 125g sugar
- 125g margarine, or butter
- 2 eggs, beaten with 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4/350F and grease a 20cm (8") cake tin well with butter or margarine.- Arrange the pineapple slices in the tin, and place a cherry in the middle of each slice. Put the extra cherry in the middle.
- Place all of the cake ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat well with a hand-held mixer - beat until light and fluffy.
- Spoon the cake mixture over the pineapple and cherries and bake for 30 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown and well risen.
- Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool for 5 to 10 minutes before carefully inverting it onto a plate.
- Serve warm with custard.
Notes
Make a bigger Pineapple Upside Down Cake
(Serves 8)
Ingredients:
TOPPING:
7 pineapple slices
7 glace cherries
CAKE:
175g SR Flour
175g sugar
175g butter, or margarine
3 eggs, beaten with 3 tablespoons milk
Method:
Make as before for smaller cake, but bake for 40 minutes.
![Pineapple Upside Down Cake](https://i0.wp.com/www.lavenderandlovage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_8746.jpeg?resize=824%2C1024&ssl=1)
Mate Mate SG says
Love the recipe and quite easy to make. My kids going to love this so much. Thanks for sharing.
Karen Burns-Booth says
My pleasure!
Sherry M says
i love glace cherries and i love an upside down cake. looks lovely.
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Sherry 🙂
Creative Click says
th e cake very interest
Creative Click says
nice down cake