Pineapple Upside-Down Cornmeal Cake – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 cup stone-ground cornmeal
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp. baking powder
• 2 1/4 cups dark brown sugar, divided
• 1 cup whole milk
• 3/4 cup coconut milk
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup dark rum, such as El Dorado 12-Year-Old or Bacardi Dark
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
• 6 1/2-inch-thick rings of fresh pineapple