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Old Fashioned Skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake

By Chef Dee Johnston on March 23, 2020

Old Fashioned Skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake

 

Serves 8

If you’ve never made an old fashioned pineapple upside down cake from scratch, you are really missing something delicious. You will need a 10-inch cast iron skillet or other 10-inch oven-proof skillet or round cake pan for this recipe.

What you’ll need

2/3 cup unsalted butter, divided

2/3 cup packed brown sugar, divided

1 can  (20 oz) Pineapple slices

10 maraschino cherries

¾ cup granulated sugar, divided

2 eggs, separated

1 teaspoon grated lemon peel

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

½ cup sour cream

Steps:

  1. Melt 1/3 cup butter in a 10 inch cast iron skillet. Remove from heat. Add brown sugar and stir until blended.
  2. Drain pineapple slices well, reserving 2 Tablespoons syrup.
  3. Arrange pineapple slices in sugar mixture in skillet. Place a cherry in the center of each slice.
  4. Beat remaining 1/3 cup butter with ½ cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, lemon peel, lemon juice and vanilla.
  5. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl. Blend into creamed mixture alternately with sour cream and the reserved pineapple syrup.
  6. Beat egg whites to soft peaks. Gradually beat in remaining ¼ cup granulated sugar to make a stiff meringue. Fold into batter. Pour over pineapple in skillet.
  7. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Let stand 10 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate.
  8. Serve warm or cold.

 

 

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