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Pineapple upside-down cake
Photo: David Holifield

Pineapple upside-down cake

24 ingredients 1 hr + 1 hr Serves 12 openrecipes

This posh take on a Seventies' classic brings a retro dish bang up to date. Just add friends.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1184
Calories
24g
Protein
46g
Fat
166g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pineapple 1 cup chunks (165g) 82
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Rum 1/2 oz (15ml) 32
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Star Anise not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Syrup not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 ripe pineapple
  • 200g/7oz caster sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 1 cinnamon
  • 2 star anise
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 150g/5½oz butter
  • 150g/5½oz soft dark brown sugar
  • 100g/3½oz pitted dates
  • 3 tsp cracked black pepper
  • 50ml/2fl oz dark rum
  • 200g/7oz butter
  • 200g/7oz soft brown sugar
  • 100g/3½oz self-raising flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 4 free-range eggs
  • reserved vanilla seeds (from the sugar syrup)
  • 50ml/2fl oz dark rum
  • 75g/2½oz butter
  • 100g/3½oz soft brown sugar
  • 30ml/1fl oz dark rum
  • 2 x 160ml/5½fl oz cans coconut cream
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 lime

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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