Pina colada upside down cake

A lighter tropical themed cake for those breezy summer days

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We take a standard upside down pineapple cake, turn up the tropical and add some coconut making this a super dairy free treat! This is made in an 8 cup rice cooker

AuthorHungry PandaCategoryDifficultyAdvanced

Yields8 Servings
Prep Time40 minsCook Time40 minsTotal Time1 hr 20 mins

INGREDIENTS FOR PINEAPPLE
 1 pineapple, cored and cut into rings, use enough to cover the bottom of your rice cooker bowl
 1 stick cinnamon
 4 cloves
 2 tbsp brown sugar
WET INGREDIENTS
 4 eggs, separate the whites from the yolks
 ¼ cup sugar
 50 ml coconut oil
 ¼ cup coconut milk
 1 tsp vanilla essence
DRY INGREDIENTS
 1 cup plain flour, sifted
 1 tsp baking powder
  tsp salt
CARAMEL POURING SAUCE
 Combine 1 cup sugar with 60ml water in a stainless steel pan until the sugar dissolves and liquid thickens. Once it changes colour...serve

HOW TO MAKE
1

Place the pineapple, cinnamon, cloves and brown sugar in a pan and cook on low heat until the sugar bubbles.

2

Once pineapple is softer but still firm, turn off the heat and set aside to soak up the juice.

3

In a mixing bowl, whisk egg whites until medium peak while adding the sugar slowly.

4

One by one (mixing completely before adding the next) add the egg yolks, coconut oil, coconut milk, and vanilla essence into the egg whites.

5

Carefully fold the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients with a spatula. Do not overdo this part
and make sure that everything is well combined.

6

Place the pineapple rings in the bottom of your rice cooker bowl and reserve the cooking liquid to one side.

7

Pour the batter to completely cover the pineapples. Lightly pat the bottom of the bowl.

8

Close the lid and select the ‘CAKE’ function and set for 50 minutes. Press ‘START’

9

Once complete test the cake is done by inserting a toothpick into the cake. If the toothpick comes out clean, it is done.

10

Remove the rice cooker inner bowl, put a plate o top of the bowl and flip upside down carefully. The cake should drop onto the plate.

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS FOR PINEAPPLE
 1 pineapple, cored and cut into rings, use enough to cover the bottom of your rice cooker bowl
 1 stick cinnamon
 4 cloves
 2 tbsp brown sugar
WET INGREDIENTS
 4 eggs, separate the whites from the yolks
 ¼ cup sugar
 50 ml coconut oil
 ¼ cup coconut milk
 1 tsp vanilla essence
DRY INGREDIENTS
 1 cup plain flour, sifted
 1 tsp baking powder
  tsp salt
CARAMEL POURING SAUCE
 Combine 1 cup sugar with 60ml water in a stainless steel pan until the sugar dissolves and liquid thickens. Once it changes colour...serve

Directions

HOW TO MAKE
1

Place the pineapple, cinnamon, cloves and brown sugar in a pan and cook on low heat until the sugar bubbles.

2

Once pineapple is softer but still firm, turn off the heat and set aside to soak up the juice.

3

In a mixing bowl, whisk egg whites until medium peak while adding the sugar slowly.

4

One by one (mixing completely before adding the next) add the egg yolks, coconut oil, coconut milk, and vanilla essence into the egg whites.

5

Carefully fold the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients with a spatula. Do not overdo this part
and make sure that everything is well combined.

6

Place the pineapple rings in the bottom of your rice cooker bowl and reserve the cooking liquid to one side.

7

Pour the batter to completely cover the pineapples. Lightly pat the bottom of the bowl.

8

Close the lid and select the ‘CAKE’ function and set for 50 minutes. Press ‘START’

9

Once complete test the cake is done by inserting a toothpick into the cake. If the toothpick comes out clean, it is done.

10

Remove the rice cooker inner bowl, put a plate o top of the bowl and flip upside down carefully. The cake should drop onto the plate.

Pina colada upside down cake

If you like the flavour of coconut then add desiccated coconut to the mix or sprinkle on top at the end or even serve with coconut ice cream