Pineapple Upside-Down Pumpkin Gingerbread

Serves: 3

Amie Torphy

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

61

Spice

51

Sweetness

45

Sourness

37

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.3

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 tsps

Baking Soda

2 tsps

Baking Powder

1.25 tsps

Ground Cinnamon

1 tsp

Salt

1 cup

Sugar

2 large

Egg

Directions:

1

Gently lift off pan

2

Serve cake warm or at room temperature with whipped cream

3

For topping: Preheat oven to 350°F

4

Spray 9x9x2-inch metal baking pan with nonstick spray

5

Combine sugar, butter, pineapple juice concentrate, and molasses in heavy small saucepan

6

Bring to boil over medium heat, whisking until sugar dissolves and syrup is smooth; boil 1 minute

7

Pour evenly into prepared pan

8

Cut off one 1/3-inch-thick round from pineapple; cut out core

9

Place round in syrup in pan

10

Stand pineapple on end

11

Cut lengthwise into 1/3-inch-thick slices

12

Using 3 round cutters of different sizes, cut out rounds from pineapple slices, avoiding core

13

Arrange rounds close together in single layer in free-form design in syrup

14

Preheat oven to 350°F

15

Spray 9x9x2-inch metal baking pan with nonstick spray

16

Combine sugar, butter, pineapple juice concentrate, and molasses in heavy small saucepan

17

Bring to boil over medium heat, whisking until sugar dissolves and syrup is smooth; boil 1 minute

18

Pour evenly into prepared pan

19

Cut off one 1/3-inch-thick round from pineapple; cut out core

20

Place round in syrup in pan

21

Stand pineapple on end

22

Cut lengthwise into 1/3-inch-thick slices

23

Using 3 round cutters of different sizes, cut out rounds from pineapple slices, avoiding core

24

Arrange rounds close together in single layer in free-form design in syrup

25

For cake: Whisk first 6 ingredients in medium bowl

26

Beat butter in large bowl until fluffy

27

Add sugar and beat to blend

28

Beat in eggs, 1 at a time

29

Beat in molasses, then pumpkin

30

Beat in dry ingredients just until blended, occasionally scraping down sides of bowl

31

Beat in 1/2 cup boiling water

32

Pour batter evenly into pan

33

Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes

34

Cool cake in pan 45 minutes

35

Place platter over pan and invert

36

Let stand 5 minutes

37

Whisk first 6 ingredients in medium bowl

38

Beat butter in large bowl until fluffy

39

Add sugar and beat to blend

40

Beat in eggs, 1 at a time

41

Beat in molasses, then pumpkin

42

Beat in dry ingredients just until blended, occasionally scraping down sides of bowl

43

Beat in 1/2 cup boiling water

44

Pour batter evenly into pan

45

Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes

46

Cool cake in pan 45 minutes

47

Place platter over pan and invert

48

Let stand 5 minutes

49

Gently lift off pan

50

Serve cake warm or at room temperature with whipped cream