Pineapple Upside-Down Carrot Cake

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Pineapple Upside-Down Carrot Cake is rich in warm flavors. Brown sugar caramelizes with butter and candies the fruit making a unique flavor and moist, yet lightly textured, carrot cake.

Pineapple Upside-down Carrot Cake

Pineapple Upside-Down Carrot Cake

This unique combination of a Pineapple Upside down cake and a carrot is out-of-this-world good. Yes, itโ€™s heavenly!! How-everโ€ฆ it takes a long time to bake so if youโ€™re impatient join my team. Iโ€™m as impatient as they come! Youโ€™re still going to want need to make this. Just watchย an old episode of Suits and catch up while itโ€™s cooking! Iโ€™m totally and completely obsessed with that show!

Really, it all works out, I walk on the treadmill, watch Suits while my cake is baking. Then, I have cake for lunch and everything is right in the world.

Whole dessert on platter

Carrot Cake ingredients

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  • 1ย cupย brown sugar
  • ยฝย cupย butter
  • 15.25ย ounce canย sliced pineapple
  • 15ย largeย marachino cherriesย or as many as you want to smush in
  • โ…“ย cupย walnutsย whole or chopped (can substitute pecans)
  • 2ย cupsย all purpose flour
  • 2ย teaspoonsย baking soda
  • 2ย teapoonsย ground cinnamon
  • ยฝย teaspoonย salt
  • 3ย largeย eggs
  • 1 and ยพย cupย granulated sugar
  • โ…”ย cupย vegetable oil
  • ยพย cupย buttermilk
  • 2ย teaspoonsย vanilla extract
  • 2ย cupsย carrotsย grated or chopped very fine

No seriously, this cake just may be my new favorite. Brown sugar caramelizes with butter and pineapple juice. The pineapple, cherries, and walnuts become like candy. All this goodness hugs a moist carrot cake.

Slice of Cake

Iโ€™ve had friends that donโ€™t like Carrot Cake tell me they love my carrot cake. I have a secret. Want to know it? I chop the carrots until theyโ€™re fine, small pieces. Basically, the carrots just provideย moisture for the cake after I get through โ€˜juicingโ€™ them. I hate big chunks of carrot in Carrot Cake too. By doing it my way, you donโ€™t have those chunks.

While my cake is moist, itโ€™s not dense and heavy. As Goldilocks would say, โ€œItโ€™s just right!โ€

Youโ€™ll enjoy my Easy Strawberry Cake, Margarita Cupcakes, and Pineapple Upside-Down Bread Pudding too.

Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary based on the products used.

Pineapple Upside-Down Carrot Cake

Pineapple Upside-Down Carrot Cake

Pineapple Upside-Down Carrot Cake is rich with warm flavors. Brown sugar caramelizes with butter and candies the fruit making a unique flavor and compliments a moist,yet light in texture, carrot cake.
Author: Paula
5 from 11 votes
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 12 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit. Wrap aluminu foil around the bottom of a 10 inch spring form pan. Place pan on a cookie sheet or sheet tray that has a lip.
  • Melt butter in 10 inch springform pan while oven is preheating.
  • Sprinkle brown sugar over butter.
  • Drain pineapple and cherries.
  • Arrange pineapple slices, cherries and walnuts over brown sugar as shown, or in any design you like.
  • Stir together flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon and salt.
  • In the bowl of the stand mixer, beat eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, buttermilk and vanilla extract until smooth.
  • Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended.
  • Fold in carrots.
  • Pour batter over pineapple mixture in pan.
  • Bake at 375 degrees for 75 minutes. Test center of cake with wooden pick for doneness the last 5 to 10 minutes. Adjust cook time if center isnโ€™t done.
  • Cool on wire rack 30 minutes to an hour before inverting on serving tray.

Nutrition

Calories: 524kcal | Carbohydrates: 75g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 404mg | Potassium: 214mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 56g | Vitamin A: 3920IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 2mg

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.

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