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St. Patrick’s Day Pineapple Lime Upside Down Cake

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Green isn’t a color I typically use in excessive amounts when it comes to baking, but that’s why St. Patrick’s Day is so fun! I get to turn things green just because.

So this year I decided to make my pineapple upside down cake with a St. Patrick’s Day twist. By adding some lime and a little green food coloring, my original recipe turned a wee bit Irish. 😉

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Ingredients
5 T butter or margarine
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
5-8 pineapple slices pineapple in juice, drained
5 maraschino cherries without stems
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
6 T shortening
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
2 T key lime juice
1/2 tsp green food coloring.

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Melt butter and place in 8-inch square pan. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over melted butter. Arrange 5 pineapple slices over brown sugar.(Fill in spaces with pieces of pineapple slices.) Place a maraschino cherry in center of each whole pineapple slice.

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2.  In medium bowl, beat sugar, milk, egg, and shortening with electric mixer on low speed thirty seconds, scraping bowl constantly.

3. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, then add to the sugar mix. Beat on medium-high for two minutes.

4. Mix in lime juice and beat for thirty seconds. Add green food coloring and mix until evenly colored.

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5. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.

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6. Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

7. Immediately place a serving plate upside down over pan. Then flip them both over.  Leave pan on top of cake a few minutes so brown sugar mixture can drip and drizzle over the cake. Remove pan. The cake is best served when warm, but is still delicious at any time.

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About Liz

Liz is a midwestern mom gone southern (accent in transition). She lives in North Carolina and loves cooking, baking, traveling, movies, crafts, hot and cold tea, wine, pizza and the occasional nap. She also revels in the fact she's a crazy cat lady.

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  2. Xmasdolly says

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  4. Jammie says

    I would love to try making peanut butter cookies using green. Do leprechauns poop green LOL

  21. Kylie C says

    Cookies! Probably just some snickerdoodle cookies but it be awesome added to white chocolate for a green drizzle.

  26. Lucy Schwartz says

    I woould like to make green Spritz cookies and then take 2 at a time and put green frosting in them . yum

  30. Valerie Taylor Mabrey says

    I think I would like to try tacos with green sour cream

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  38. Stacy says

    I saw a recipe for stout brownies with frosting on top (so they look like beer) and it would be neat to make the frosting green!

  40. Jason Judge says

    It would be great to cook green everything for the kids and watch their faces…

  41. Cori Westphal says

    My kids love it when I color Rice Krispy Treats. Green ones for St Patty’s would be fun!

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  49. Wendy Babbitt says

    Since Green is my fav color I’d love to cook anything green. Cookies, cake, pie, etc.

  50. Leah Baird says

    I would like to create the Lucky You Mint Pie on this site.
    http://momstar.areavoices.com/2011/02/23/sweet-st-patricks-day-recipe-lucky-you-mint-pie/

  52. Quinetta says

    I would love to make green peanut butter cookies with peanut butter chips, that would look so awesome!

  54. David says

    I want to make some green pudding with green whipped cream. Maybe even try some green chocolate chip cookies.

  64. Kristi H. says

    I like to make a coconut cake at Easter. I use the coconut on top and color it green for .

  65. Ashley Morrissey says

    I’d make cupcakes!

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  66. christine jessamine says

    i would love to bake shamrock cookies and use this for the frosting. thanks for the giveaway!

  68. Tim says

    I think some cupcakes are a definite must, as well as something with whipped cream. And maybe some green eggs and ham(for the kids!!).

  69. ♡♥♬ Louis ♬♥♡ says

    I would bake green cupcakes or try green pancakes just for St. Patrick’s Day
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  75. Mare S says

    Those Irish Creme brownies you have listed about look delicious. I’d also like to make some clover cupcakes for St. Patty’s Day.

  86. Lorrie (pinklady705) says

    I have been watching Cupcake Wars and would like to try my hand at making some green cupcakes.

  88. Aaron Bretveld says

    I think I’d find some way of doing a creme de methe sort of brownies with green food coloring for the minty part.

  97. danielle says

    green eggs and ham 🙂 I also remember having green milk on st patty’s day when i was younger! LOL

  101. Michelle Saunderson says

    I would love to make some St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes!

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  102. Amy Woods-Smith says

    I would mix with Cool Whip and make a parfait with berries and Nilla wafers.

  107. Christina Almond says

    Hmmm…I love the idea of the green cupcakes…those would be fun! Who doesn’t love a cupcake and making it green is even better! 😉

  111. Brenda S. says

    I would use it for brownies. We love brownies and my kids would think it was fun to have green icing. We could also use it for Easter eggs 😉

    • Laurie says

      I have tried green mashed potatoes before. They look pretty good. That is , until they are covered with brown gravy. I’d like to try green eggs and ham.

  114. Michele Behlen says

    I think I would make the green cake pops . I just got a cake pop maker and it would be a good way to use it.

  115. Julie Lundstrom says

    I would like to make shamrock or Easter sugar cookies with butter colored frosting.

  117. alissa apel says

    I would make shamrock sugar cookies. I know not totally original, but I would decorate them really cool!

  124. Sara M. says

    I would LOVE to make a green cheesecake!! I think a white chocolate or mint cheesecake would be perfect!

  125. Chaquita Johnson-Moore says

    I would like to make something more traditional like a good sandy shortbread.

  127. Jennifer Short says

    I’d like to try cupcakes. In college they made green Mac & cheese, and when I was growing up, Mom made green mashed potatoes on St Patrick’s Day.

  128. Janice Cooper says

    I would love to try a shamrock milk shake and some chocolate cupcakes with green frosting and sprinkles 🙂

  129. Gina Ferrell says

    I would like to make some four leaf clover cookies and a cake with green frosting with sprinkles on top.

  140. sheila says

    I just found a recipe for green velvet cupcakes – sounded and looked amazing for St. Patty’s Day 🙂

  141. Susan Ladd says

    I am making McCormick’s Green Velvet Cupcakes for St. Patick’s Day. I want to thank you for this awesome sweep and hope to win 🙂

  157. Brandy says

    I would love to make green chocolate chip cookies and pancakes on St Patty’s day, since we love celebrating St Patty’s day!

  173. sharyn MacMahan says

    I like the way some of those brownies look, i think i would do something like that!

  180. Melissa Morris says

    Looks like some awesome fun with the kids!!! They love to cook and bake and I live doing it with them!!

  184. Donna D says

    I think we would bake some green cupcakes they would be fun to decorate!
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  187. Debra F says

    I’d like to make a St Patrick’s Day cake using green in the cake batter and icing.
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  190. Cindy Merrill says

    I would like to try making some St. Patrick’s Chocolate Mint cookies! I’d use the Green sprinkles as topping

  194. Terry (My Journey With Candida) says

    Some green applesauce would be something I could eat if I sweeten it with xylitol.

  195. Chelsea r says

    I would like to try baking some green bread, and see how chocolate chip cookies would turn out!

  207. JamericanSpice says

    That’s a fun experiment!

    I’d love to make cupcakes with green 🙂

    Wait I’ve been wanting to make eggs!! Like green eggs and ham 🙂

  211. Carrie says

    How fun!

    I LOVE Pineapple Upside-down Cake and it’s been ages since I’ve had any. And what a fun twist to throw on it!

  212. nicole @WriteSpell says

    I typically don’t go in for food that isn’t naturally green, but that sounds delish!

  221. Evelyn says

    I am planning on trying to make green chip cookies!! Using white chocolate with green food coloring!! They are for my sons class!