Ah, pineapple desserts—tropical, sweet, and versatile 🍍✨. Here’s a few standout options and one full recipe you can make easily:
🍍 Pineapple Dessert Ideas
- Classic Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
- Caramelized brown sugar + butter on the bottom
- Pineapple rings and cherries
- Moist yellow cake baked on top, flipped after baking
- Pineapple Sorbet or Ice Cream
- Pureed pineapple with sugar and lemon juice
- Freeze for a refreshing tropical treat
- Pineapple Crisp / Crumble
- Chopped pineapple tossed with sugar and a touch of cornstarch
- Topped with oats, butter, and brown sugar crumble
- Bake until bubbly and golden
- Pineapple Coconut Parfait
- Layers of pineapple chunks, coconut cream, and graham cracker crumbs
- Chill for a no-bake tropical dessert
🍍 Easy Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe
Ingredients (8 servings)
Topping:
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 can pineapple rings (or fresh), drained
- Maraschino cherries (optional)
Cake:
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Directions
- Prep topping
- Preheat oven: 350°F (175°C)
- Pour melted butter into a 9-inch round pan. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly.
- Arrange pineapple rings on top, add cherries in the centers.
- Make cake batter
- Mix flour, baking powder, salt.
- Beat butter + sugar until fluffy, add eggs one at a time.
- Stir in milk and vanilla, then fold in dry ingredients.
- Assemble & bake
- Pour batter over pineapple layer, spread evenly.
- Bake 35–40 min until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Invert & serve
- Let cake cool 5–10 min.
- Run a knife around the edges, invert onto a serving plate.
Tips
- Extra moist: Use crushed pineapple in the batter (reduce milk slightly).
- Flavor boost: Add ½ tsp cinnamon or coconut extract to the cake.
- Mini version: Use a muffin tin for single-serving upside-down bites.
If you want, I can give a “no-bake tropical pineapple dessert” that’s creamy, layered, and ready in 15 minutes—perfect for summer. Want me to do that?
