Pineapple Upside Down Pecan Praline Carrot Cake Recipes

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 PECAN PRALINE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray a 12-cup coffee cake or angel food pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• For cake, pour melted butter evenly in pan then sprinkle with 1/2 cup brown sugar.
• Drain pineapple well. Put drained juice and 1/2 cup of pineapple in a medium bowl. Stir in carrots, pecans, and raisins. Set aside.
• Spoon remaining drained pineapple over brown sugar in pan. Set aside.
• In a small bowl, stir milk and vinegar together. Set aside for 5 minutes.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together eggs, granulated sugar, remaining 3/4 cup brown sugar, oil, and vanilla on medium speed for 1-2 minutes until smooth. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, soda, salt, coffee creamer, and cinnamon. With mixer on low, alternately beat dry ingredients and milk mixture into egg mixture until combined.
• Use a wooden spoon to stir pineapple/carrot mixture into batter. Stirring until well mixed. Spoon evenly over pineapple in pan.
• Bake on center rack for 45-50 minutes or until center tests done with a toothpick. Cool for 10 minutes before running a knife down side of pan to loosen cake. Carefully invert onto a cake plate.
• While cake is baking, prepare pecans. In a medium mixing bowl, beat egg white and vanilla on medium speed until frothy. In a small bowl, stir together brown sugar and coffee creamer. With mixer on low speed, beat into egg white mixture until combined. Stir in pecans until completely coated.
• Line a large baking sheet with wax paper. Spray with non-stick cooking spray. Spread pecans on wax paper, separating as much as possible.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until pecans appear dry and are brown. Remove from oven and cool enough to use hands to remove, carefully pulling wax paper from pecans. Break apart any chunks.
• Just before serving, sprinkle half of pecans on top of cake. Slice cake and place slices on serving plates. Spray slices with whipped cream then sprinkle with a few more pecans. Serve 12-16.

CARROT CAKE WITH CRUSHED PINEAPPLE AND PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9-inch round or square cake pans.
• Sift flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract together in another bowl until well blended. Add the dry ingredients gradually until well mixed. Fold in carrots, pineapple, coconut, and pecans. Divide batter evenly among the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

PINEAPPLE PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• Sift together the flour, sugar and baking soda. Stir in the eggs, pineapple and vanilla, mixing until blended. Fold in pecans. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

TOWERING PRALINE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and lightly flour three 9 x 1 1/2-inch round baking pans; set aside.
• In a covered medium saucepan cook carrots in a moderate amount of boiling water about 20 minutes or until very tender; drain.
• Cool carrots slightly. Coarsely mash with a potato masher.
• In a very large bowl stir together flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Make a well in center of flour mixture. Add vegetable oil, eggs, pineapple and vanilla extract. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until all ingredients are combined. Fold in mashed carrots, pecans and coconut.
• Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree F. oven 35 - 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool completely on racks. While layers are cooling, prepare cream cheese frosting.
• Cream Cheese Frosting:.
• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add cream cheese and vanilla extract; beat until fluffy. Stir in chopped pecans.
• Use pecan halves for garnish if desired.
• Praline Sauce:.
• In small saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and whipping cream. Bring to full boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat.
• Boil gently 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in vanilla extract. Cool.
• To Assemble: Place one cake layer, top side up, on a cake plate. Using about 1 cup of the frosting, pipe or spoon a rim about 1 inch wide and 1/2 inch high around outer edge of layer.
• Spoon about 2 tablespoons frosting into center, leaving an unfrosted ring. Spread about half of the praline sauce into the unfrosted ring. Sauce will not fill ring.
• Add second cake, top side up. Repeat frosting and filling steps using another 1 cup of the frosting and remaining praline sauce.
• Add third cake layer, top side up. Frost top and side with remaining frosting. If desired, garnish with additional chopped pecans.
• Cover. Store in refrigerator.
• Let refrigerated cake stand, covered, at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Or thaw frozen cake, covered, in refrigerator overnight. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

CLASSIC PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In an ungreased 9-in. square baking pan, combine butter and brown sugar. Drain pineapple, reserving 1/3 cup juice. Arrange 9 pineapple slices in a single layer over sugar (refrigerate any remaining slices for another use). Sprinkle pecans over pineapple; set aside. , In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Blend in vanilla and reserved pineapple juice. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to batter, beating well. , In a small bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites on high speed until stiff peaks form; fold into batter. Spoon into pan., Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before inverting onto serving plate. Place a cherry in the center of each pineapple slice. If desired, serve with whipped topping.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350.Heat margarine in rectangular pan,13x9x2 inches,in oven until melted.Sprinkle with brown sugar.Spoon pineapple over brown sugar;spread evenly.
• 2. Prepare cake mix as directed on box.Pour over pineapple
• 3. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until cake pulls away from sides of pan and springs back when touched lightly in the center.Cool 10 minutes.
• 4. Invert onto heatproof serving platter;remove pan.Cool cake completely.Serve with sweetened whipped cream if desired.

EASY PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

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.