Gluten Free Banana Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

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Combining two cakes into one doesn't always end well but a vegan gluten free banana cake actually pairs well with pineapple, turn a banana cake into an upside down cake a you get a delicious combo. Banana cake is great for using up left over overripe bananas, it is a great filler in cakes and adds a gorgeous flavour.

This recipe is...

  • Preparation Time: 15 Mins
  • Cooking Time: 30 Mins
  • This recipe makes 10 servings

Last updated 8th August 2025

Added 18th April 2017

Recipe by Alison Wheatley

Gluten Free Banana Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Ingredients

200ml sunflower oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
50ml rice milk (or nut milk if you prefer)
350g ripe bananas, peeled
200g caster sugar
225g gluten free plain flour
1 tsp bicarbinate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2tbsp sugar
2-4 rings pineapple

Method

  1. Place the oil, vanilla and soya milk in a jug and set aside.

  2. Mash the bananas in a bowl until well mashed, set these aside while you sort the rest of the dry ingredients.

  3. In a large bowl mix together the caster sugar, plain flour, bicarb, baking powder and cinnamon.

  4. Add the mashed banana and the wet ingredients from earlier into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Mix well with a wooden spoon until thoroughly combined.

  5. Grease an line a square or round baking tin. Sprinkle the sugar into the bottom of the pan and lay pineapple slices over the sugar until filled. Depending on the tin size you should need between 2 and 4 slices of pineapple.

  6. Spoon the cake mix over the pineapple and smooth out. Place into an over preheated to gas mark 5/190c and bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer or knife pushed into the middle comes out clean.

  7. Once cooked, turn out onto a cooling rack and allow to cool, the bottom becomes the top, the sugar will have given the pineapple a nice sticky top.

Nutritional Information (Per serving)

Cals
367
Carbs
49g
Fibre
1g
Fat
19g
Sugar
28g
Protein
2g
Alison Peters
Alison Peters has been Coeliac since June 2014 and launched Coeliac Sanctuary in August of that year, and since then has aimed to provide a one stop shop for Coeliacs, from blogs, to recipes, eating out guide and online shop.

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