Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Easy to make but with a WOW presentation! I started making this cake as a teenager and over forty years later it's still my favourite standby for baking something that looks very special yet is quick and easy to prepare.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup vegan margarine (nuttelex)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- A handful of sultanas
- 6 glace red cherries
- 1 can sliced pineapple rings
- 1 box vegan cake mix (vanilla flavor – I use Greens Vanilla Cake Mix )
- Egg replacer
- Juice from the can of pineapple rings
Method
- Start with a medium sized cast iron fry pan (or a fry pan that is ovenproof) then melt the margarine and add brown sugar until it has dissolved and covers the bottom of the pan.
- Remove from heat and immediately place drained pineapple rings in the bottom of the pan (one in the middle, others all around this one). Then pop a red glace cherry in the middle of each pineapple ring and sprinkle sultanas around the rings, set aside.
- Mix cake mix according to package instructions except use the pineapple juice instead of water, and egg replacer instead of eggs.
- Pour the cake batter over the prepared topping (bottom!) and bake until cake springs back to a touch.
- Remove from oven and flip cake over and onto serving plate immediately – being careful to use both hands evenly. If some of the pineapple topping stays in the pan, just remove and place gently into position on top of cake.
- Let cool slightly and serve with vegan cream or vanilla vegan ice cream.
Recipe by Patty Mark
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Thank you so much for this delicious recipe.
But I can’t stop eating it!