I'm planning on baking a pineapple cake for my husband's birthday and the only recipes I find are for pineapple upside down cake. Can I use a pineapple upside down cake and just add the pineapple on top to the batter instead? Has anyone tried this before?
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3Not to be a snark, but there are plenty of regular pineapple cake recipes that aren't for upside-down cakes. It's clearly not the most popular of cakes, but you're usually better off finding a recipe for what you actually want rather than trying to make changes to a recipe you've never even tried before.– AaronutSep 4, 2013 at 18:17
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As Aaronut said, it'd definitely be best to just find a pineapple cake recipe.
But if you have a pineapple upside down cake recipe that you're really attached to, you could always just try it, presumably cutting the pineapple into smaller chunks. Depending on the batter, though, the pineapple may tend to either sink or float.
answered Sep 5, 2013 at 0:40
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Its moisture may also throw off the ratio of the batter, changing the required baking time, the final texture, or both.– SAJ14SAJSep 5, 2013 at 11:53
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@SAJ14SAJ true, though hopefully not too too much given that it was going to be in there anyway!– Cascabel ♦Sep 5, 2013 at 14:44
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Pineapple upside down cake doesn't usually have pineapple IN the cake, just baked onto the bottom.– SourDohSep 5, 2013 at 22:16
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@sourd'oh I understand that, but still, the pineapple cooks, and releases liquid, which does partially mix into the batter. The gooey stuff on the bottom doesn't have anywhere near all the water that was originally in the pineapple. I know it's not the same, but you at least have a chance.– Cascabel ♦Sep 5, 2013 at 23:19
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@Jefromi I don't know how the liquid released on the bottom would mix into the cake batter...– SourDohSep 6, 2013 at 15:09
A pineapple upside down cake is normally just plain cake batter baked on top of a layer of sugar and pineapple. The sugar and pineapple (which also has a lot of sugar) form a caramel from being in contact with the hot pan, thus making the awesomeness happen when you flip it over. If you just bake the pineapple on top, you won't get this effect, nor will you get the taste of the pineapple in the cake. You'll probably just end up with kind of dry and chewy pineapple slices on top of a plain cake.
You could probably do something fancy like pureeing and draining the pineapple, adding that to the batter, then reducing the juice to a syrup and pouring that over before decorating it. By the time you do all that though, you'd probably be better off just finding a recipe for a pineapple cake.
