Pineapple Upside-Down Pound Cake

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Servings: 14
Yield: 14 servings

Description

This pineapple upside-down pound cake recipe is made in a fluted tube pan and filled with pineapple, cherries, cream cheese, plus white and brown sugar.

Ingredients

cooking spray
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
6 extra large eggs
2 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon pineapple extract
3 drops yellow food coloring
2 cups brown sugar
7 pineapple rings
7 maraschino cherries

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 10-inch fluted tube pan with cooking spray.
2 Beat cream cheese and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add white sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, alternating with flour, starting and ending with an egg, beating well after each addition. Beat in almond extract, pineapple extract, and food coloring.
3 Pour brown sugar evenly into bottom of the prepared pan. Arrange pineapple rings on top; place 1 cherry in center of each ring. Pour batter evenly over pineapple rings.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown and springs back when lightly pressed, about 45 minutes.