By txbbwlover48 on Monday, November 6, 2006 - 8:13 pm:
Pineapple Upside Down Cake an old fashioned favorite!
1/2 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar, packed 7 pineapple rings 7 cherries
1. Melt butter in a large iron skillet on low heat. Remove from hear and sprinkle brown sugar evenly over entire surface. Place pineapple rings on the sugar and place a cherry in the center of each ring.
Sponge Cake Batter
3 egg yolks, well beaten 1 cup sugar 5 tablespoons pineapple juice 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 3 egg whites, stiffly beaten
2. Add sugar and pineapple juice to egg yolks (well beaten) and mix well.
3. Add flour and baking powder and mix well.
4. Fold in egg whites (stiffly beaten).
5. Pour batter into iron skillet with the pineapples and cherries.
6. Bake at 325° for 45 minutes.
7. Remove skillet from oven and set on a wet towel. Take a butter knife and run it around the sides of the cake to loosen from pan. Let cake cool.
8. Turn upside down onto cake plate. Let sit for a minute and gently lift skillet from the cake.
You now have... Pineapple Upside Down Cake for the family to enjoy!!