Upside-down pineapple and coconut cake
A timeless classic, this upside-down cake is full of tropical flavour. Made with pineapple and coconut, it’s sure to go down a treat.
Serves
12
Prep
30m
Note: + Cooling time
Cooking
1h 20m
Ingredients
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 200g butter, softened
- 1/2 ripe pineapple, peeled, quartered,cored, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 cups (330g) caster sugar
- 2 tsp finely grated lime rind
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup (110g) plain flour
- 1/3 cup (50g) self-raising flour
- 3/4 cup (60g) desiccated coconut
- 3/4 cup (210g) Greek-style yoghurt
- Double cream, to serve
Method
STEP 1
Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease and line the base and side of a 20cm round cake pan with baking paper. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over the base.
STEP 2
Melt 20g of butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Cook one-third of the pineapple for 1 min or until lightly golden. Transfer to a plate. Repeat, in 2 batches, with the remaining pineapple. Arrange all the pineapple over the brown sugar in the pan. Set aside for 5 mins to cool.
STEP 3
Use an electric mixer to beat the remaining butter, caster sugar and lime rind in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well between each addition. Add the combined flour, coconut and yoghurt, and stir to combine. Spoon the batter over the pineapple and use the back of a spoon to smooth the surface.
STEP 4
Bake for 1 1/4 hours or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Set aside for 10 mins before turning the cake onto a wire rack to cool. Serve with the double cream.
Make it your way Have fun with the top of your cake by cutting the pineapple into thin slices then using a biscuit cutter to cut stars, circles or whatever shape you like. Arrange shapes over the base of the cake pan to totally cover.
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