Upside Down Carrot Cake Recipes

UPSIDE-DOWN RAISIN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup of the juice.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a 10-inch ovenproof skillet. Blend in brown sugar.
• Arrange pineapple over brown sugar/butter mixture and top with 1/2 cup raisins.
• Beat remaining 1/4 cup butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, vanilla and carrots.
• Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
• Beat 1/3 of the dry ingredients into the creamed butter and sugar.
• Beat in half of reserved pineapple juice till blended.
• Beat in another 1/3 of dry mixture, followed by remaining pineapple juice.
• Beat in remaining third of dry ingredients.
• Fold in remaining 1/2 cup raisins.
• Pour batter over pineapple in ovenproof skillet.
• Bake in 350 oven 40-45 minutes.
• Let stand 5 minutes before inverting on serving plate.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Melt butter in a lightly greased 10-inch cast-iron skillet or a 9-inch round cake pan (with sides that are at least 2 inches high) over low heat.
• Remove from heat.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar.
• Arrange 7 pineapple slices in a single layer over brown sugar, reserving remaining pineapple slices for another use.
• Place 1 cherry in center of each pineapple slice.
• Beat granulated sugar, oil, and eggs at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
• Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; gradually add to sugar mixture, beating at low speed just until blended.
• Stir in carrots and pecans. Spoon batter over pineapple slices.
• Bake at 350° for 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in skillet on a wire rack 10 minutes.
• Carefully run a knife around edge of cake to loosen.
• Invert cake onto a serving plate, spooning any topping in skillet over cake.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN OUTRAGEOUS CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, then grease & flour a 13"x9" glass baking dish.
• FOR THE TOPPING: Spread melted butter evenly into bottom of prepared baking dish.
• Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over melted butter.
• Arrange pineapple slices over brown sugar & place a cherry in center of each slice.
• FOR THE CAKE: In large bowl, whisk or sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon & salt, then set aside.
• In medium bowl, beat eggs, then add oil, buttermilk, sugar & vanilla, blending well.
• Add egg mixture to dry ingredients, mixing thoroughly.
• Stir in crushed pineapple, carrots, walnuts, coconut & raisins, mixing well.
• Pour into prepared baking dish & bake at least 65-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
• FOR THE GLAZE: About 10 minutes before cake is done, in saucepan mix sugar, buttermilk, baking soda, corn syrup & butter.
• Bring to boil & boil 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat & add vanilla.
• Remove cake from oven & with a skewer or knife poke a number of holes into the hot cake, making sure holes reach bottom of cake.
• Slowly pour hot glaze over hot cake, carefully spreading it all over cake until it is absorbed.
• Let cake cool 15-20 minutes on wire rack, then carefully invert it into a 15"x10" baking dish [or onto large platter].
• Refrigerate when completely cooled. DO NOT REHEAT!