Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe
By Ann
Old fashioned Pineapple Upside Down Cake finished with a dark rum sauce; there is nothing better for a snack or to finish off a meal, or a sweet treat for breakfast in the morning!

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 90 minutes

Rum Sauce Ingredients:

● ¾ Cup Brown Sugar
● 1 ¼ Cup Dark Rum
● 2 TBSP Pineapple Juice
● ¼ Cup Butter

Pineapple Cake Ingredients:

● 9 Pineapple Rings, canned
● ¾ Cup Butter
● 1 ½ Cups Sugar
● 3 Eggs
● 1 tsp Vanilla
● 2 tsp Rum
● 2 Cups Flour
● ½ tsp Salt
● ½ tsp Baking Powder
● 1 Cup Pecans, finely chopped, divided

Directions:

● Preheat oven to 350°
● In a small pot combine brown sugar, 1 ¼ cups dark rum and pineapple juice.
● Bring brown sugar and rum mixture a boil over medium high heat then reduce and simmer until a slightly syrupy consistency, approximately 12-15 minutes.
● Add ¼ cup of butter to the rum sauce, stir until melted.
● Remove rum sauce from heat.
● Add the pineapple rings to the rum sauce coat them.
● Place the coated pineapple rings in the bottom of a greased 8″x8″ inch pan slightly overlapping them.
● In a mixing bowl cream together the ¾ cup butter and 1 ½ cups sugar.
● Add the eggs one at a time mixing thoroughly between each addition.
● Stir in vanilla and 2 teaspoons of rum.
● Slowly mix in the flour, salt and baking powder.
● Stir in ½ cup of the pecans.
● Pour cake batter over the pineapple rings and bake at 350˚until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, approximately 80-90 minutes.
● Remove from oven and let cool.
● Run a knife around the edges of the pan and slowly invert the cake onto a serving platter.
● When ready to serve, reheat the rum sauce.
● Cut pineapple cake into desired size pieces.
● Sprinkle with remaining pecans, heat the sauce to a simmer and drizzle over the slices.

Makes 9 servings Pineapple Upside Down Cake