Pineapple Upside Down Gingerbread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Drain pineapple slices; reserve 1/2 cup syrup.
• In 10-inch cast iron skillet, melt 1/4 cup margarine.
• Remove from heat.
• Add 1/2 cup brown sugar and stir until blended.
• Arrange pineapple slices in skillet.
• Place 1 cherry in center of each slice.
• In large mixer bowl, beat remaining 1/4 cup margarine and 1/2 cup brown sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg and molasses.
• In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt.
• In small saucepan, bring reserved pineapple syrup to a boil.
• Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with hot syrup.
• Spread evenly over pineapple slices in skillet.
• Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let stand in skillet on wire rack 5 minutes.
• Invert onto serving plate.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt 6 tablespoons of butter in 10 in. cast iron skillet, or heavy ovenproof pan, over medium heat. Swirl melted butter to coat sides of pan.
• 2. Remove from heat, stir in 1 cup brown sugar, then add pineapple in one layer. Set aside.
• 3. Stir together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
• 4. Melt the other 6 tablespoons of butter in a small pan. Remove from the heat and stir in hot water, molasses and the 1/2 cup brown sugar. Whisk in the egg.
• 5. Add the butter mixture to the flour mix. Stir until well blended. Gently pour over the pineapple in the skillet.
• 6. Bake 35 - 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then invert onto a round dish. Serve warm or room temperature.

Steps:

• For topping:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 9x9x2-inch metal baking pan with nonstick spray. Combine sugar, butter, pineapple juice concentrate, and molasses in heavy small saucepan. Bring to boil over medium heat, whisking until sugar dissolves and syrup is smooth; boil 1 minute. Pour evenly into prepared pan.
• Cut off one 1/3-inch-thick round from pineapple; cut out core. Place round in syrup in pan. Stand pineapple on end. Cut lengthwise into 1/3-inch-thick slices. Using 3 round cutters of different sizes, cut out rounds from pineapple slices, avoiding core. Arrange rounds close together in single layer in free-form design in syrup.
• For cake:
• Whisk first 6 ingredients in medium bowl. Beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Add sugar and beat to blend. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Beat in molasses, then pumpkin. Beat in dry ingredients just until blended, occasionally scraping down sides of bowl. Beat in 1/2 cup boiling water. Pour batter evenly into pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan 45 minutes. Place platter over pan and invert. Let stand 5 minutes. Gently lift off pan. Serve cake warm or at room temperature with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• In small bowl, combine 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup butter.
• Spread in bottom of ungreased 8 or 9inch square pan.
• (Despite the recipe saying"ungreased" I like to lightly spray it with Pam, since when I didn't, a bit of the topping stuck to pan).
• Arrange pineapple, cranberries, and nuts over sugar mixture.
• In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice.
• Add all remaining gingerbread ingredients and blend well.
• Pour batter evenly over pineapple, cranberries, and nuts.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
• Serve warm with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). In 13x9-inch pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange pineapple slices on brown sugar. Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice, and arrange remaining cherries around slices; press gently into brown sugar.
• Add enough water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 1 cup. Make cake batter as directed on box, substituting pineapple juice mixture for the water. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.
• Bake 42 to 48 minutes (44 to 53 minutes for dark or nonstick pan) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately run knife around side of pan to loosen cake. Place heatproof serving plate upside down onto pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake 5 minutes so brown sugar topping can drizzle over cake; remove pan. Cool 30 minutes. Serve warm or cool. Store covered in refrigerator.

Steps:

• For topping:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Melt 1/4 cup butter in 10-inch-diameter cast-iron skillet or other heavy ovenproof skillet (preferably nonstick) over medium heat. Add 2/3 cup brown sugar and stir until mixture begins to form thick mass, about 4 minutes. Continue cooking, without stirring, until butter mixture spreads and covers bottom of skillet and bubbles appear all over surface, about 6 minutes longer. Remove skillet from heat. Arrange pineapple chunks close together in concentric circles atop sugar mixture in skillet.
• For cake:
• Sift first 8 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat molasses, golden brown sugar, melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract in large bowl until well blended, about 2 minutes. Add half of dry ingredients, then whole milk, then remaining half of dry ingredients, beating until well blended after each addition. Beat in crystallized ginger. Spread batter evenly over pineapple in skillet.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool cake in skillet 5 minutes. Run small knife around sides of skillet to loosen cake. Place platter over cake in skillet; invert cake onto platter. Cool cake at least 1 hour. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature with whipped cream.