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hey y'all today we are back in the
kitchen making another one of my
childhood favorites we are going to be
making a vegan pineapple upside-down
cake. now this cake is so rich so soft
super fluffy and packed with tons of
flavor in each of those caramelized
pineapple bites that you take. you may
think that this is a summer staple but
this is a showpiece that is good all
year round. With just twelve minutes of
prep time and the rest cooking time this
is a super easy dessert for you to make.
let's show you how to do it
to ensure that your pineapples and cherries do not
stick to the bottom of the pan we're
gonna start by laying down some
parchment paper add a little vegan
butter along the sides of the pan and
pour the rest of your butter on top of
the parchment paper make sure to cover
the whole thing that's not covered by
parchment paper. brown sugar is next up
you want to make sure that you get this
evenly spread across the entire pan as
well. this combined with the butter is
going to help make that amazing caramel
like topping. start laying your
pineapples in rows of three. as long as
you're using the right size pan they
should be pretty snug together which is
perfectly fine. remove the stems of your
cherries and place them in the middle of
the pineapples. you can also use fresh
pineapples and cherries. once you
complete that place the pan in your
refrigerator while you make the batter.
the purpose in doing this is to
resolidify the butter a little bit. you
want the butter to be somewhat more
solid when pouring the batter on top so
it doesn't move or combine with your
mixture.
to start off the batter we're going to
beat together the shortening along with
the sugar.
once those are combined we're going to
add in your vegan milk, applesauce, and
vanilla extract. combine those together
and then we're going to go on to the dry
ingredients. we want our cake to be as
fluffy as possible so we're gonna put
the flour through a sifter here. from
then you can add the other dry
ingredients right on top. so add in your
baking powder and salt right on top of
your sifter and then sift everything
through. combine everything one last time
with your mixer. you may need to scrape
down the sides as you need to make sure
that you have everything really well
incorporated. now it's time to remove
that baking pan from the fridge. you're
gonna slowly add your batter into the
pan and tap to settle the batter and level it
as soon as you remove it from
the oven get something heat proof and
wide enough to cover the bottom of your
cake pan completely. a baking sheet would
be ideal for this. get your hands
underneath the baking pan and hold it
tight very carefully. quickly flip the
bottom to the top.
remove the pan slowly and then dig in.
thanks so much for watching we hope you
enjoyed this recipe as much as we do.
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