Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
- nonstick vegetable cooking spray, as needed
- 1 14 cups dark brown sugar (packed)
- 12 cup unsalted butter, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 14 cup Bourbon
- 1 medium pineapple
- 1 13 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 18 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 cup sugar
- 12 cup unsalted butter, room temperature cut into 1 inch pieces
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat cake pan with nonstick spray; set aside.
- Cook brown sugar and butter in a small deep heavy saucepan over medium heat, whisking occasionally, until mixture is bubbling and sugar is completely dissolved.
- Boil, whisking occasionally, until caramel darkens, thickens, emulsifies, and pulls away from sides of pan, about 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and whisk in bourbon (mixture will bubble vigorously).
- Return caramel to a boil; cook for 1 minute.
- Pour caramel into prepared cake pan and swirl pan until bottom is completely covered.
- Let cool completely before proceeding (caramel will harden).
- Cut skin from pineapple, making sure to remove all brown eyes.
- Cut 1/4-inch1/3-inch-thick rounds from pineapple.
- Using biscuit cutter, remove core to form rings.
- (If pineapple is very juicy, drain rings briefly on paper towels.)
- Arrange pineapple rings decoratively on top of caramel in cake pan without overlapping.
- (Cut rings into smaller pieces to fill any large gaps, if desired.
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- Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and cardamom in a medium bowl.
- Using an electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in another medium bowl until light and fluffy, 56 minutes.
- Beat in vanilla.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating to blend between additions.
- Scrape down sides of bowl.
- Beat egg mixture until doubled in volume and very light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Scrape bottom of bowl well, making sure to incorporate all butter into eggs.
- Beat for 1 minute longer.
- Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with sour cream in 2 additions, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
- Scrape batter into pan; smooth top.
- Bake cake until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 5060 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack.
- Let cake cool in pan for 30 minutes.
- Run a sharp knife around sides of pan to loosen cake; tap bottom of pan and invert cake onto a large plate.
nonstick vegetable cooking spray, brown sugar, unsalted butter, bourbon, pineapple, cake flour, baking powder, kosher salt, ground cardamom, sugar, unsalted butter, vanilla, eggs, sour cream
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pineapple-upside-down-cake-486083 (may not work)