Pineapple Upside Down Rum Cake
This Pineapple Upside Down Rum Cake is moist and sweet with flavors of pineapple, brown sugar, and a splash of rum. An easy dessert perfect for summer.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 482kcal
Equipment
- 9" cake pans
Ingredients
For Pineapple Layer
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 7 pineapple slices from can blotted dry
- 7 maraschino cherries blotted dry
For Rum Cake
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 2 extra large eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ½ cup milk
- 2 Tablespoons pineapple juice
- 2 Tablespoons rum
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
Pineapple Layer
- Pour melted butter into 9”x2” deep round cake pan. Brush up sides as well.
- Sprinkle the brown sugar over the butter.
- Arrange the pineapple rings on top of the sugar and press down firmly. Place the cherries in the center of the pineapple rings. Refrigerate to help solidify the butter and hold the pineapple slices in place.
Rum Cake
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars together until creamy. Beat in eggs until smooth.
- Add vanilla extract.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and lemon zest.
- In a separate bowl, mix sour cream, milk, pineapple juice and rum.
- Alternately add the dry ingredients and wet ingredients to the creamed mixture. Mix just until combined.
- Pour the cake batter over the pineapple.
- Bake for 30 minutes then cover with foil and bake for 15 minutes more. Remove and place on wire rack to cool for 10-20 minutes.
- Run knife around outer edges of cake pan then place serving plate over pan and invert pineapple rum cake onto plate. Replace any pineapple rings that may have stuck to pan. Allow to cool.
Notes
NON-ALCOHOLIC VERSION
Substitute the rum with pineapple juice. It won't have the rum flavor but will still be delicious. Most rum extracts contain alcohol. If you can find rum flavoring without alcohol, use 1 teaspoon.
Nutrition
Calories: 482kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 268mg | Potassium: 268mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 50g | Vitamin A: 688IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 2mg
