The Best Pineapple Upside Down Cake with Claire Saffitz (New Book Reveal)

The Best Pineapple Upside Down Cake with Claire Saffitz (New Book Reveal)

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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake with Brown Butter and Rum
Serves 8

PINEAPPLE LAYER
½ cup packed light brown sugar
¼ cup dark rum
Pinch of kosher salt
½ stick unsalted butter
8 fresh cored and peeled pineapple rings, sliced ½-inch thick

CAKE
1½ sticks unsalted butter
1⅔ cups all-purpose flour (225g)
1¼ teaspoons baking powder
1¼ teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt or ¾ teaspoons Morton kosher salt
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ cup sour cream, at room temperature
3 tablespoons dark rum
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
¾ cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature

Video Breakdown
0:00 Start
0:01 How To Make Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Thanks for watching!

What's for Dessert by Claire Saffitz is out Nov. 8 and is available for preorder now through this link:

Dessert Person Cookbook
Photographer: Alex Lau
Food Stylist: Sue Li
Prop Stylist: Astrid Chastka

Video Series:
Producer/Director: Vincent Cross
Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson
Theme Song: Michael Guggino
Editor: Hal McFall

Animation Credits:
Character Designer/Animator: Jack Sherry
Character Rigger: Johara Dutton
Background/Prop Designer: M. Cody Wiley
Background Illustrator: Jagriti Khirwar

[brian]

Pre-ordered! Dessert Person was my first cook book ever and I'm thrilled to get your new one. Gotta support Claire and keep our girl paid so she can get them vanilla beans!

[ElizabethGonzalez-tjgl]

the new book is STUNNING. i was already obsessed with the cover but seeing the chapter openers blew me away even more. can’t wait to get mine (pre-ordered as well!) ☺️

[lauravillarreal]

I was just thinking about how amazing the people behind the scenes are and how supportive they are of Claire! Such a vast difference in the way Claire felt on gourmet makes to this!

[amberjohnstone]

Love love love the vintage feel of the photos! I have a book of my grandmother's that this reminds me of! Congrats Claire!

[DanHinchliffe]

Appreciate that "What's for Dessert" has no question mark, so is simply a very blunt assertion.

[keikokeket]

Claire, I waited a few weeks to make this because I wanted to have my brother try it when he came to visit (I didn't think I could eat a whole cake by myself before it went stale). Now I wish I hadn't because now I have to *share* this cake, which I could for sure eat all by myself before it goes stale. One of the best cakes I've ever eaten in my life!

[briannahancock]

I love the font you chose for the chapter openers! Totally reminds me of an old recipe books and I’m obsessed! I can’t wait to get mine, already preordered!!

[Isaac_]

I waited months for blood orange season in Australia to make the upside-down cake only last week. One of the best cakes ever and looked just like the cover!

Huge pineapple fan so I have to try this one next 🤩

[stacylarson]

I made this recipe for my grandfather’s 86th birthday party. It’s the best pineapple upside cake I’ve ever had. The rum really added a nice flavor. It was a big hit and my grandfather really enjoyed it. Will make this again!

[carmenling]

I made this cake for Father’s Day. It was seriously delicious! Everyone kids and adults loved it! Thank you!

[hibbs]

Soooo we JUST finished making this recipe by following the video...and oh...my...god. i cannot describe how perfect it is. I will definitely be buying the book.

[embilbieblimblehead]

OMG Claire I love the classic midcentury modern styling of your new book, that FONT
I AM RELIVING MY 70s CHILDHOOD

[yejikim]

I made this cake this morning and it's so PRETTY!! like a flower!! Thank you, Claire!!

[EliFromSaalt]

whoever made that description for this video is a comedic genius 

0:00 start
0:01 how to make the cake

[waitasecond]

I just made this and OMG CLAIRE! The cake part of this is hands down the BEST LIGHTEST MELT-IN-YOUR-MOUTH cake I’ve ever had. I don’t even like cake all that much but this was UNREAL. I mean, the entire thing was delicious but now I totally get why you wanted to taste just the cake first!! I’m gonna make this again but as an apple cinnamon cake ❤️ my husband already requested it for his birthday!!

[travellaur]

claire here saving us all from the mid-week sadness again🤧 in all seriousness, i love that you explain not only how to bake delicious things but also the science behind a lot of things- thank you for sharing yet another amazing recipe! sending lots of love from turkiye

[AllegraVivace]

The new book looks incredible, really excited to bake through this one 😊

[JustinDOehlke]

This has been my birthday cake request my entire life. I can't wait to make tey this recipe!

[destinationunknown]

She is one of the few cooks who lists the ingredients outside of the video so I subbed.

[suzyqueues]

I just made this and it looks just like Claire's! It smells amazing too. Your instructional video guided me through effortlessly....thank you!