Caribbean Pineapple Upside Down Cake – World Spice

Ingredients

• 2 cups pineapple, thinly sliced
• 12 Luxardo or maraschino cherries
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, cold
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1 Turkish Bay Leaf
• 3 pieces of Long Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Cassia Vietnamese Cinnamon
• For the Cake:
• 1/2 white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 Madagascar 3 Count Vanilla Bean
• 1 teaspoon Jamaican Allspice , ground
• 1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda