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Pineapple upside-down cake

Ingredients  • 440g can pineapple slices in juice • 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar • 90g butter,…
Pineapple upside-down cake

Ingredients 

• 440g can pineapple slices in juice
• 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 90g butter, softened
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1/4 cups self-raising flour, sifted

Method 

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease a 6cm-deep, 20cm (base) round ring pan. Line base with baking paper.

2. Drain pineapple, reserving 2 tablespoons juice. Cut pineapple in half.

3. Sprinkle brown sugar over base of baking upside-down prepared pan. Arrange pineapple, just touching, over sugar.

4. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and caster sugar for 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.

5. Add flour and reserved pineapple juice. Stir to combine. Spread mixture over pineapple. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in cake comes out clean. Stand in pan for 5 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Serve.

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