Pineapple Coconut Upside Down Cake

For more delicious cakes, try our carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, and chocolate beet cake with all-natural pink buttercream frosting! It’s an absolute showstopper dessert, and you don’t need to be a skilled bake to make it. It’s simply made with pineapple slices at the bottom that, when sprinkled with a bit of sugar, become caramelized and candy-like. The easy pineapple-infused cream cheese frosting has a rich tangy taste and creamy texture that works so well with the other flavors in this fresh cake. This cake is without a doubt one of our favorite ways to bake with pineapple. It adds that wow factor to special occasions and dinner parties, and the leftovers taste wonderful with a cup of tea. Its lightness makes it a great cake for the spring and summer months. However you choose to serve it, we guarantee it will be a huge hit!

Butter – butter adds a wonderful richness and moisture to this cake. Granulated sugar – granulated sugar is ideal for cakes because it blends well for an evenly distributed sweetness throughout. Pineapple rounds + crushed pineapple – since it’s really all about the pineapple, we add crushed pineapple into the batter, and the pineapple rounds get baked at the bottom of the cake. All-purpose flour – we use regular all-purpose flour. Feel free to use a gluten free 1:1 flour blend if needed. Baking powder – to make the cake rise. Cinnamon and sea salt – for flavor Large eggs – if you have time to let your eggs come to room temperature, it does help in the baking process. Eggs are a key ingredient in helping everything rise. Vegetable oil – a neutral vegetable oil like organic canola oil, refined olive oil, or coconut oil. Buttermilk – buttermilk gives this cake a lighter, more tender texture. You can buy buttermilk from the grocery store, or make it yourself using milk plus half a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar or lemon juice. Dark rum – we use dark rum for its rich bold flavor, but you can use light rum if that’s what you have on hand. Bourbon is nice in this recipe, too! Pecans – pecans add a nice crunch and have a sweet, buttery flavor. Other nuts like walnuts, cashews, or macadamia nuts taste great, too! Fine shredded coconut + large flake coconut – the fine shredded coconut goes into the batter, and the large flaky coconut is what we use on the outside of the cake.

This recipe uses ½ cup of buttermilk. So to make the right amount for the recipe, use ½ cup of milk and ½ tablespoon of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar.

How to make pineapple coconut upside down cake

This pineapple upside down cake with coconut is fruity, fun, and perfect for parties. Here’s how to make it in a few simple steps: Tip: if you’d like a little more color on the top of your cake, simply place one of the cakes on a baking tray and broil it for a few minutes in the oven until it starts to brown slightly on top.