An extra moist cake topped with gooey brown sugar and juicy pineapple slices!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cake, eggless, gluten free, pineapple
Total Time 1 hourhr
Servings 1round cake
Author Taleen Benson
Ingredients
For the topping:
¼cupbuttermelted
⅓cupbrown sugar
5-6slicescanned pineapple
For the cake:
1 ½cups (222g)gluten free flour blend
2teaspoonsbaking powder
½teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonbaking soda
½cup (113g)unsalted butterroom temperature
⅔cup (133g)granulated sugar
½cup (113g)Greek yogurtroom temperature
¼cup (60ml)milkroom temperature
¼cup (60ml)pineapple juicepreserved from canned slices
1teaspoonvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9" round cake pan. To make the topping, mix brown sugar into the melted butter and pour into the pan, swirling to cover the entire bottom of the pan. Place a single layer of pineapple slices onto the melted butter and sugar mixture and set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter with the sugar. Add the Greek yogurt, milk, pineapple juice, and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir on low speed until just combined.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan, spreading evenly. Place the cake pan onto a baking sheet (optional, but recommended in case of spillage). Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Use a knife to separate the sides of the cake from the pan, then invert cake onto a plate.
Notes
I've also tried making this cake in an 8" round cake pan and it does work, however I did experience some overflow. This is why I recommend placing the round pan on top of a baking sheet before putting into the oven, regardless of which size you use, just in case you have a bit of spillage. In any case, because the top of the cake will actually be the bottom once you invert it to serve, it's OK if the top overflows slightly.