PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN GINGERBREAD CAKE

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Make and share this Pineapple Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by dicentra

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 19

1/4 cup unsalted butter
2/3 cup packed golden brown sugar
2 (20 ounce) cans pineapple chunks in heavy syrup, drained, patted dry with paper towels
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
3/4 cup mild-flavored molasses (light)
1/2 cup packed golden brown sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup whole milk
2 tablespoons minced crystallized ginger
1 cup whipping cream, beaten to soft peaks

Steps:

  • For topping: Preheat oven to 350°F Melt 1/4 cup butter in 10-inch-diameter cast-iron skillet or other heavy ovenproof skillet (preferably nonstick) over medium heat. Add 2/3 cup brown sugar and stir until mixture begins to form thick mass, about 4 minutes. Continue cooking, without stirring, until butter mixture spreads and covers bottom of skillet and bubbles appear all over surface, about 6 minutes longer. Remove skillet from heat. Arrange pineapple chunks close together in concentric circles atop sugar mixture in skillet.
  • For cake: Sift first 8 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat molasses, golden brown sugar, melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract in large bowl until well blended, about 2 minutes.
  • Add half of dry ingredients, then whole milk, then remaining half of dry ingredients, beating until well blended after each addition.
  • Beat in crystallized ginger. Spread batter evenly over pineapple in skillet.
  • Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
  • Cool cake in skillet 5 minutes. Run small knife around sides of skillet to loosen cake.
  • Place platter over cake in skillet; invert cake onto platter. Cool cake at least 1 hour. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature with whipped cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 689.1, Fat 30.9, SaturatedFat 18.8, Cholesterol 141.7, Sodium 438.3, Carbohydrate 99.7, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 63.4, Protein 7

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