Pineapple Upside Down Cake
This Pineapple Upside Down Cake doesnt look like your average cake. I used a fun method to create a pretty design that always gets oohhs and aahhhs! Completely fromscratch and using the best ingredients mean that not only will this cake look beautiful but it will taste amazing!
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
This is not your average Pineapple Upside Down Cake! There are two main factors that set it apart.
Ingredients I opted for a completely fromscratch cake using the best ingredients I could find. Real pineapple and of course real butter! Challenge Butter is made the right way using the freshest milk from the happiest cows. You know this homesteader loves that! Challenge butter is the only major U S. dairy product company that controls the whole process when it comes to making butter and I love buying the very best when it comes to my baking Design I opted to cut my pineapple in long strips and layer it instead of the traditional circlecut design. I also left out the maraschino cherries. After testing this recipe over and over again I found that the cherries were not necessary for the taste they actually added an overly sweet artificial flavor and definitely not necessary for presentation purposes.
Lets talk about that crisscross pattern that almost looks like a pretty flower! It is very easy to do. Cut your pineapple as directed below and then layer the long slices in your prepared skillet. I used a 12inch castiron skillet for this recipe which means using about 1 12 pineapples.
After making this pineapple dessert several times I found that while the cleaner slices you get when you are closer to the core of the pineapple look best you dont have enough of them to have a consistent design. I opted to use the biggest outer slices of the pineapple on the edges of the pan and then work in towards the center of the pan with the smaller pieces. There is a video below showing how to do that!
Start with a cutting board and a very sharp knife Place the pineapple on its side and cut off the bottom. When you set the pineapple upright this will help it to sit flat on your cutting board. I opted to leave the top on for the first few cuts to make it
