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There’s nothing like the smell of freshly made cake straight out of the oven to entice members of the family to come wafting in from their respective corners. Cake brings family together! In life there are two types of people, people who can bake and those who can’t.
I unfortunately fall into the ‘those who can’t’ category, I do look on enviously as my friends bring forth perfectly iced culinary delights, but my sadness is soon forgotten as I indulge in the calorific sweet creations that they have made.
So those in the same category as me ‘can’t bake types’ do not be dishearten, my easy to make upside down pineapple muffins are simple and delicious to make and you can still have the family hoodwinked into thinking that you are a culinary goddess, I do it all the time!
Ingredients
For the topping
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of chopped nuts
Slices of pineapple
For the muffins
1 ½ cups of all purpose flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
½ teaspoon of baking soda
¼ teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 large eggs
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sunflower oil
2 tablespoons pineapple juice, or orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, (not drained)
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Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
To prepare topping: Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar into each muffin cup. Sprinkle nuts, if using, over the sugar. Stack pineapple slices and cut into 6 wedges. Place 2 wedges in each muffin cup.
To prepare muffins: Whisk all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
Whisk eggs and brown sugar in a medium bowl until smooth. Whisk in oil, juice and vanilla.
Stir in crushed pineapple. Make a well in the dry ingredients; add the wet ingredients and stir
with a rubber spatula until just combined. Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin cups (they'll be quite full).
Bake the muffins until the tops are golden brown and firm to the touch, 15 to 25 minutes. Immediately loosen edges and turn muffins out onto a baking sheet. Restore any stray pineapple pieces and nuts. Let cool for at least 10 minutes.
Serve upside-down, either warm or at room temperature.
Enjoy!
By Mayuri Jayasinghe
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