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Name: Caribbean upside-down cake
Prep time: 27 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 7 min
Yield: 1 cake
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 1 pineapple; 20 g butter; 50 g brown sugar; ½ lime; 6 eggs; 100 g brown sugar; 200 g flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 100 g ground almonds; 180 g butter

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Caribbean upside-down cake

The dominant flavours in this cake are pineapple and almonds. The pineapple is caramelized first separately, with brown sugar and lime, before being laid in the bottom of the tin. The cake batter is then poured over.

The cooked cake is turned out to reveal the lovely golden pineapple layer on top a moist almond cake.

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Last modified on: September 8^th 2015

For 1 cake, you will need:

1 : 1 pineapple
2 : 20 g butter
3 : 50 g brown sugar
4 : ½ lime
5 : 6 eggs
6 : 100 g brown sugar
7 : 200 g flour
8 : 1 teaspoon baking powder
9 : 100 g ground almonds
10 : 180 g butter
Total weight: 3,070 grams

Change for: 1 cake 2 cakes 3 cakes

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How long does it take?

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
27 min.	40 min.	1 hour 7 min.

Preservation: Several days in the fridge.

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Step by step recipe

1	Prepare the tin or mould Use a springform tin if you have one, about 9 inches (23 cm) in diameter. Line the bottom with a circle of cooking parchment.	3 min.
2	Caramelize the pineapple Peel 1 pineapple, cut into fairly thick slices and remove the hard central core.	5 min.
3	Cut the pineapple slices in half. Using a non-stick frying pan, melt 20 g butter on high heat, then add 50 g brown sugar. Lay the pineapple pieces on top and caramelize...
4	...on both sides.	10 min.
5	When nearly done, add the juice of ½ lime and leave to reduce for a minute or two.	1 min.
6	Arrange the pinapple slices flat in the bottom of the tin or mould so that they do not overlap. Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).	4 min.
7	Prepare the cake batter Put 6 eggs and 100 g brown sugar into a food-mixer bowl. Beat until the mixture is pale.	5 min.
8	Sieve 200 g flour and 1 teaspoon baking powder on top; add 100 g ground almonds.	2 min.
9	Fold the dry ingredients gently into the egg white using a soft spatula.	2 min.
10	Finish by adding the melted 180 g butter once it has cooled. Fold this in gently.	2 min.
11	Pour the mixture into the tin or mould on top of the pineapple.	1 min.
12	Bake for about 30 minutes. Check to see if the cake is cooked before taking it out of the oven.	30 min.
13	Turn the cake out onto its serving plate as soon as it comes out of the oven. Remove the paper from the top and leave to cool before serving.	2 min.

Remarks

If this is to be an "adult" cake (that no children will be eating - whatever else were you thinking?!), you can also add 2 tablespoonsful of rum with the lime in Step 5.

If you would like a syrup to serve with the cake, after taking the pineapple out of the pan, deglaze it with 2 glasses of pineapple juice + the juice of a lime. Leave this to thicken on low heat. Serve in a sauce boat, preferably hot or warm.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Calories	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5003	86 gr	561 gr	268 gr
250 %	33 %	53 %	41 %

Per 100 g
Calories	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
163	3 gr	18 gr	9 gr
8 %	1 %	2 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 cake : 7.12 €

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