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Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe, Step by Step

February 18, 2020 49 Comments

Pineapple upside down cake recipe: Machine-cut pineapples drenched in sugar syrup, how pretty and perfect! I used these babies in a pretty nice pineapple upside down cake recipe. I often end up baking with chocolate whenever I do bake and when I was asked to bring dessert for a potluck a few weeks back, I resolved not to let chocolate anywhere near the dish.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe
I had just received Sanjeev Kapoor’s Cakes and Bakes, so decided to flip through it. I have to admit at this point that the first time I baked this cake, it didn’t turn out well. I under-estimated the bake time, and when I turned the cake upside down, it was still squiggly in the middle. That turned into something of a disaster but I salvaged it and called it pudding in a way that would have made my mom proud.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

This recipe is slightly fansy-pansy. It calls for demerara sugar. I bought it just for this purpose, just so that I won’t screw up a second time.

Sidenote: Is demarara sugar available in India? If you know if a place, do leave a comment. Thanks!

Other cake recipes you may wish to try:
Christmas fruit cake
Orange cake with toffee sauce
Pineapple cupcake recipe
Flourless almond coconut cake

Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Makes one 9″ cake
Adapted from Sanjeev Kapoor’s Cakes and Bakes
(Amazon | FlipKart)

Ingredients:
1 cup regular all purpose flour or maida
8 slices canned pineapple, drained
150gm / 3/4 cup butter at room temperature
3/4 cup demerara sugar
1 tsp baking powder
3 eggs, separated
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 cup milk (low fat works too)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 190C / 275 F

2. Mix 1/4 cup butter with the demerara sugar and spread it at the bottom of a greased 9″ cake pan.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

3. Arrange a layer of pineapple slices over it, slicing them to adjust and fill the gaps.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

4. Sift the flour and baking powder. Keep aside.

5. Beat the egg yolks in a small bowl and add in the rest of the butter (1/2 cup) and the vanilla essence. Combine until smooth.

6. Whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form. Don’t overdo this otherwise the egg whites will turn dry.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

7. Fold in the sifted sugar, one tablespoon at a time. Then fold in the egg yolk mixture.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

8. And finally the flour mixture, 1/4 cup at a time. Be gentle and only mix until the flour disappears into the batter. Don’t over-mix.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

9. Pour the batter over the pineapple slices and bake for about 30-40 mins.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

10. Make sure that you test the cake and not go by time because the first time I did that, I ended up under-baking the cake by about 10 mins or so. This one below is done perfectly!

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

The butter-sugar mixture will caramelize and come up a bit at the sides. Its yum!

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

Unfortunately, I don’t have a great final picture of the finished cake. I had to pack this in foil and take it for a party so no pics of slices.Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

It’s definitely tasty but I am not satisfied with it. I think pineapple, butter, sugar and flour can make something better – so the search is still on. Leave a comment if you have a great pineapple upside down cake recipe on your site!

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  1. Harshada

    April 20, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    You can get Demerara sugar at The General Additives store is Sheshadripuram and Nature’s Baskets stores in Bangalore.

    Reply
    • nags

      April 23, 2016 at 10:01 am

      thanks for the tip!

      Reply
  2. Shobhana Subramanian

    March 29, 2013 at 6:53 am

    Hi Nags,
    I got Demerera Sugar from Nilgiris in Chennai.
    It's always available at the Nilgiris.

    Reply
  3. prettylife

    January 2, 2013 at 3:23 am

    While searching for a similar recipe, I found your post on another blog with no credit to you.

    http://maurenedenapoli.blogspot.com/2010/11/sanjeev-kapoor-pineapple-upside-down_15.html

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      January 2, 2013 at 4:27 am

      Thanks a lot for letting me know. I have reported a DMCA complaint with Google.

      Reply
  4. Saks

    September 28, 2012 at 9:02 am

    Hey Nags…i made this 2day for my dad in law's bday. it took me about 1 hr 2 prepare n bake d cake. but it vanished in a few mins 🙂 thanks a ton

    Reply
    • Anonymous

      October 6, 2012 at 6:02 pm

      I found out i had i/2 cup of milk whch wasn't mentioned in the method when does the milk go in? i put it in the end but waiting to see what happens.I also found lumps which i never have in other cakes?please help

      Reply
  5. Saks

    September 28, 2012 at 9:01 am

    made this 2day for my dad inlaw's bday….took bout an hr 2 bake it. but it vanished in a few mins 🙂 thnks nags

    Reply
  6. Rujuta

    February 15, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    Hi Nags….I am a complete self confessed non-cook and a recent relocation to Africa has made me adventurous enough to give cooking a shot. I stumbled on this recipe(incidently i love your blog!especially the step by step snaps) and tried it yesterday…well it turned out to be something of a 50-50 affair. While the taste was awesome..the cake rose while baking and then settled down (almost like a pudding, but not exactly)…the only deviation from your recipe was that i added 2 tbsp of the canned pineapple syrup (since i felt the mix was not free flowing enough) and that i used self raising flour and the baking powder…you mentioned that your first attempt was also similar. So what do you think could have possibly gone wrong?? ~ Rujuta

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      February 17, 2012 at 1:24 am

      It's hard to say but I think the self-raising flour is probably one of the reasons. Also, you may have under baked it. I did that in the cake pictured above but whenI kept it around 12mins longer the next time I tried pineapple upside down cake, it worked great!

      Reply
  7. Soja

    August 3, 2011 at 6:57 am

    At what temperature are we supposed to bake the cake….???

    Reply
  8. Nags

    August 3, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    its mentioned in the recipe. 190C

    Reply
  9. Nags

    June 13, 2011 at 12:53 am

    you can use any of the egg substitues like flax seed meal, yogurt, buttermilk, etc. I haven't tried any eggless pineapple upside down cake so i can't give you my experience for it.

    Reply
  10. Anonymous

    June 12, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    heyy what if i want to exclude eggs??

    Reply
  11. Newbie

    May 4, 2011 at 7:07 am

    Hi i tried this recipe yesterday. It tasted great. The demerara sugar i used was darker. So it fored a really dark crust. like you said it took longer in my oven-50 minutes.

    Reply
  12. Nags

    May 4, 2011 at 7:21 am

    So glad the pineapple upside down cake recipe worked for you. Mine needs to caramelize a bit more. Hoping to rectify it next time 🙂

    Reply
  13. Nags

    May 3, 2011 at 12:58 am

    absolutely! fresh pineapples work just as well in any pineapple upside down recipe

    Reply
  14. newbie

    May 2, 2011 at 4:33 pm

    can we use fresh pineapple?

    Reply
  15. Richa Priyanka

    February 27, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    how much flour did u use? I couldnt see the measurement! I tried this sometime back too, not this recipe but the cake, and it turned out good, extra sweeeeeeeeeeeet for me!! did u get any other recipe? I am planning to use some in a veggie!

    Reply
  16. Nags

    February 28, 2011 at 1:11 am

    I don't know how I missed that!! The amount of flour is 1 cup 🙂

    Reply
  17. happyttyy

    November 22, 2010 at 7:15 am

    I tried to think so, but i found it was not as the same in the actual process. As you mentioned, I still have doubts, but really thank you for sharing!gucci handbags

    Reply
  18. kamitha

    November 22, 2010 at 5:59 am

    After seeing your post I at once went searching for Demrara Sugar…..this was available in Dorabjee, Pune….. 🙂 Happy Baking!

    Reply
  19. monikamanchanda

    November 12, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    I make pineapple upside down cake and comes out pretty nice, its my mum's recipe actually let me post it sometime next week… will leave a ling here when I do

    And dermera is easily available here in blore, I actually use it pretty often too

    Reply
  20. Melanie Giant

    November 5, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    Wow! My mom made some of this but she add chocolate syrup and I can tell you that it is delicious. You should better adding chocolate syrup too.

    Reply
  21. Divya Vikram

    November 4, 2010 at 3:38 am

    Love the first and last pic. So inviting and luscious!

    Reply
  22. Anonymous

    November 2, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    Lovely cake. I remember I used to make this cake often. I did use a glazed cherry in the center of the pineapple rings before adding the batter. when turned the cake was turned out, it looked very pretty. I used to buy demerara sugar at the local baniya store, so it should be easily available everywhere.
    I love your blog. Thanks.
    Aparna Mulgund

    Reply
  23. Ananda Rajashekar

    November 2, 2010 at 3:34 pm

    Just too beautiful to eat!

    Reply
  24. Home Cooked Oriya Food

    November 2, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    looks yum…

    Reply
  25. Bergamot

    November 2, 2010 at 11:20 am

    Looks good, Pineapple would add a nice tangy flavour. Upside down cakes are my favorite and loved by all. I tried strawberry peach & apple but I am yet to try out a pineapple upside down cake.

    Reply
  26. Jayashree

    November 2, 2010 at 6:25 am

    I love the pic of the round pineapple slices. Most supermarkets in Chennai sell demerara sugar.

    Reply
  27. callezee

    November 2, 2010 at 6:24 am

    Amazing blog.. wow..! superb dish…. i like your post….

    Reply
  28. The Scatterbrain

    November 2, 2010 at 3:20 am

    I see people have answered the question already. I got a packet of demerara sugar at nuts & spices once and also saw it at Nilgris. I dont know how to store it though, as it hardened up before I could use it. So every time I needed some, I'd use my pestle, break off a chunk and powder it in my faithful mixie.

    Reply
  29. Suhaina

    November 2, 2010 at 1:15 am

    cake looks yummy dear, but i think it should have caramelized a bit more towards the pineapple side.. any ways the cake look gorgeous just like you…I envy those who enjoyed it. hehehe.

    Reply
  30. DSK

    November 1, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    Hey nags the pic looks really tempting 🙂
    I have pineapple up side down cake recipe too..
    u can check recipe….
    http://dskrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/10/pineapple-up-side-down-cake.html

    Reply
  31. Srimathi

    November 2, 2010 at 3:48 am

    The came has turned out well. I am sure you must have been satisfied with that.

    Reply
  32. Priya

    November 1, 2010 at 7:24 pm

    Beautiful looking cake, absolutely divine..

    Reply
  33. Nags

    November 2, 2010 at 1:18 am

    Suhaina, I agree! It could have become a bit more browner at the bottom but that would mean sanjeev kapoor's baking time instruction would be wrong by 20-25 nins and I was a bit alarmed at that. Will surely be trying my hand at this again 🙂

    Reply
  34. Nitha

    November 1, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    Looks wonderful…

    Reply
  35. Mriganayani

    November 1, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    Gosh.. I love the sugar bubbling on the sides!

    Can't we just use brown sugar instead of the Dem sugar? I've got to make this one day – its been on my list for so long now that its almost forgotten! Looks pretty pretty!

    Reply
  36. PriyaVaasu

    November 1, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    Cake looks gorgeous:)

    Reply
  37. Sheetal

    November 1, 2010 at 11:44 am

    These days in Hyderabad we get all kinds of sugar – muscovado , demerara & the likes…

    Reply
  38. notyet100

    November 1, 2010 at 10:05 am

    omg this looks so good,..i luv the step by step pictures,..wish u happy festival,..

    Reply
  39. ♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥

    November 1, 2010 at 8:36 am

    U have a wonderful blog and this is one gorgeous recipe u have here!!

    Reply
  40. Divya Kudua

    November 1, 2010 at 8:22 am

    I absolutely love Upside down cakes and I feel Pineapple cake with tinned slices works best.I bake an eggless version from Nita Mehta's book which gives me perfect results every time.Here's the link to the post on my blog.
    http://divyascookbook.blogspot.com/2008/11/pineapple-upside-down-cakeeggless-for.html

    and yes,demerara sugar is available in almost all supermarkets in Chennai.

    Reply
  41. Gayathri's Cook Spot

    November 1, 2010 at 8:02 am

    Looks lovely.

    Reply
  42. Saee Koranne-Khandekar

    November 1, 2010 at 7:30 am

    I made the some time ago and was quite satisfied with it (http://myjhola.blogspot.com/2009/06/upside-down-wonder.html) Even made a peach and apricot upside down after that( http://myjhola.blogspot.com/2009/08/sunny-side-up-for-filmmaker-bro.html). But I am curious to find out what you invent from the same set of ingredients!

    Reply
  43. Paaka Shaale

    November 1, 2010 at 7:10 am

    The cake looks so tempting. Nice recipe 🙂

    Reply
  44. Prathibha

    November 1, 2010 at 6:39 am

    The cake looks yumm…Never attempted pineapple up-side down cake..I do not like fresh pineapple but I get tempted with those canned neatly cut pineapples in sugar syrup…Demerara sugar is available very easily here in mumbai in almost big stores and super markets.

    Reply
  45. Sharmilee! :)

    November 1, 2010 at 6:37 am

    What a lovely recipe….The lat pic is so so tempting…Delicious looking cake. I got demarara sugar once from Nuts & Spices, Chennai.

    Reply

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