Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

👨‍🍳 Method

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F) and put a 24 cm round pan with the butter in the oven until the butter melts.

   ⚙ Preheating the OvenOvenRound pan

   💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
2. 2
   Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the melted butter in the pan and arrange the fruit on it in a single layer.

   Round pan
3. 3
   In one bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.

   Bowl
4. 4
   In a second bowl, whisk the oil, sugar, eggs and pineapple juice.

   BowlWhisk
5. 5
   Add the dry mixture to the wet and Fold gently, just until no dry flour remains.

   ⚙ FoldingSilicone spatula

   💡Fold with a spatula, in broad strokes from the bottom up, and stop when there's no dry flour: vigorous mixing of a batter with flour develops gluten.
6. 6
   Pour the batter gently over the slices, without moving them.

   Round pan

   💡Pour the batter gently and gradually: that way the fruit stays in place, and the pattern arranged on the bottom comes out whole on top.
7. 7
   Bake 35–40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

   ⚙ BakingOvenRound pan

   💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
8. 8
   Wait 10 minutes, set a serving plate over the pan and invert the cake onto it.