Have you ever made a pineapple upside-down cake and had all the goodies stick to the bottom of the pan? I have. I hold my breath as I invert the pan and then sigh with either frustration or relief as I unveil the cake. Granted, prying the caramelized fruit from the pan and carefully putting it back on the cake easily remedies it, but there is a touch of disappointment nonetheless. Here is a simple and elegant solution — bake the cakes in jars and leave them rightside-up.
And if you really want to serve them upside-down, just flip the jar over onto the plate.
Pineapple Rightside-Up Cake with Fresh Thyme
Makes: 8 servings
Prep time: 30 minutes
Bake time: 35 minutes
Skill: Easy
1 small pineapple
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup brown sugar, well packed
1/4 cup rum
Pinch salt
Fresh thyme
Cake Batter:
1 cup (5 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour (scoop and sweep)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
3/4 cup brown sugar, well packed
2 eggs
1/2 cup plain yogurt (non-fat or full fat will work)
1 tablespoon rum
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
To make the cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Have ready eight 8-ounce jars or ramekins.
To slice the pineapple:
Using a very sharp knife, cut off the top and bottom of the fruit, so that it will sit flat on your cutting board. To remove the sides, start at the top and cut downward. Be sure you cut in deep enough to remove all of the hard spiny spots.
Once all of the exterior is removed, you will want to slice the pineapple in half, top to bottom. Slice the half into quarters and then remove the woody core of the fruit. Cut the cored piece in half again and then slice into 1/4-inch pieces.
To mix the cake:
In a bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and brown sugar on medium speed, until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until incorporated. Add half the flour mixture and mix just until blended. Mix in the yogurt, rum and vanilla. Add the remaining flour and blend well, be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Place the fruit into a pot and add the butter, sugar, rum and salt. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes to reduce the juices slightly. The timing will depend on the size of your pineapple. At the end of the cooking, add the thyme to the pineapples.
Fill each of the jars or ramekins about a 1/4 full with pineapple and some of the juices.
Divide the cake batter evenly over the pineapple.
Add more pineapple and juice to the top, but just a thin layer.
Bake for about 35 minutes or until cake is set. Serve warm or room temperature with a bit of lightly sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, and a sprig of thyme.
If you want to serve them as individual upside-down cakes, just run a knife around the outside edge of the jar and invert them onto a plate.
Get the printable recipe here.
More Recipes from Zoë:
- Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp
- No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake
- Carrot Cupcakes
- Sweet, Cakey Banana Bread
- Chocolate Chunk-Peanut Butter Cookies
- Philly-Style Chocolate Ice Cream
Zoë François, author of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day and Artisan Pizza and Flatbreads in Five Minutes a Day, studied at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. She now calls Minneapolis her home, where she has worked with some of the top talent in the culinary world — Steven Brown, Andrew Zimmern and many chefs at the D’Amico company. In addition to writing, Zoë teaches baking classes and consults at restaurants. You can find her writing and recipe creations on Devour, on her baking blog, zoebakes.com and on the site, www.breadin5.com.
What size jar or ramekin? 8 oz. Hard to tell from the photo.
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Looks amazing!
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Another bake or make it in a jar recipe? Isn't it time for this trend to end already? I mean my wife sometimes makes individual pineapple upside-down cakes, but her standard one always has better texture and taste. It really has to do with proportion and baking parameters. She has never had a sticking problem with the pineapple. Butter the pan, set a round of parchment paper and butter the paper before layering the fruit. It comes out every time.
@Dauphin…NO, it's not time for this to end!!! SOME of us have folks, say in AFGANISTAN that this works perfectly for. Please keep the recipes coming.
Do you send the ingredients to them or do they buy them local and bake them where again? The freinds I know that went to Afganistan never cooked their own food. They sure did appreciate home made goodies (vacuum sealed cakes, breads and cookies), but they never had time to actually cook anything like this. I was writing about the horrible trend of EVERYTHING in a mason jar. Also, just because this recipe is in a mason jar does not mean that it is "canned".
I would like to taste this as chilled when served to me. I am loving the Hawaiian theme of these desserts from pme sugarcraft.
So it's an upside-down upside-down cake. I sure hope my dental consultant will forgive me for the food I am about to eat.
With a cake that delicious, it wouldn't matter to me which side is up. What does matter is getting my dentist in concord's permission before I pig out.
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