Pineapple upside-down cake from Zoë Bakes Cakes: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Favorite Layers, Bundts, Loaves, and More (page 93) by Zoë François

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  • anya_sf on May 27, 2026

    #pudcbakeoff I used pecans and Meyers's rum. Had to substitute milk for cream. Based on the other reviews - along with my preference for more topping surface area - I used a 9" pan. Baking time was 43 min (the cake was quite brown on top, but was fine). Strangely, the cake pulled away unevenly from the sides in just a few spots, so the topping bubbled up. The cake itself was super moist, almost wet. Definitely on the sweet side with very strong rum flavor. It wasn't a tall cake, so maybe an 8" pan would work, although I did appreciate more topping. While this wasn't our favorite, my husband took leftovers from several different pineapple upside-down cakes to a guys' weekend, and this was their #1 (I think it was the rum).

  • fultre on May 30, 2023

    First recipe from her book, I appreciated the Cake Academy information. This has a lovely flavor and texture. Couldn’t fit a whole can of pineapple rings, despite cutting and putting them in mosaic style. Much of the topping bubbled up the sides, perhaps because I put too much pineapple? Although in Baker’s Notes she says to overlap the rings in order to use entire can. Will use a 9” pan instead of 8” next time as my pans don’t have 3” sides. I used a baking sheet under, as well as baking stone per her Baker’s Notes, and didn’t have trouble with cake cooking through. Done in 40-45 minutes.

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on March 26, 2022

    Made this in a 26 cm tin, 40 minutes was perfect. Added cherries as you can see in the picture. Didn’t come out of the tin perfect, but the taste made up for that.

  • et12 on August 05, 2021

    This didn’t work for me. The cake itself was delicious but took forever to bake through. The bottom was beginning to burn but the centre of the cake was still liquid. Will try again with a lower oven temperature and longer cooking time.

  • Lepa on April 01, 2021

    This is really delicious cake. Definitely use the baking sheet under the cake pan, as there was a mess. The pineapple stuck to the pan when I turned it out but I just stuck it onto the cake and it was fine.

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