Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, Now and Then

I’m not a huge dessert fan, so it was a little ironic that the first few things I ever cooked at culinary school were sweet, not savory. It was too long ago to remember why, but I think we divided the class into different groups for our lab times, and I just happened to be in the one that started with basic baking.

 

 

 

Ingredients for a 9-inch skillet:

For the pineapple base:

4 tbsp butter

3/4 cup light brown sugar

1 tbsp pineapple juice

1 tbsp dark rum

1/2 small pineapple, trimmed, sliced (see video below)

For the batter:

1/2 cup melted brown butter (works same w/ regular melted butter)

1 1⁄2 cups flour

1/8 tsp ground cardamom

1⁄2 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

1⁄2 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1⁄2 cup milk

How to Prep a Pineapple

As Promised, here's a video on how to peel and slice a pineapple from my friends at Allrecipes. Enjoy!

Source recipe: https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/