Grandma's upside down cake
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | can | (1 lb. 4 oz.) sliced pineapple |
| ¼ | cup | Butter |
| ⅔ | cup | Brown sugar; firmly packed |
| Maraschino cherries | ||
| 1 | cup | Flour |
| ¾ | cup | Sugar |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Milk |
| ¼ | cup | Shortening |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Lemon juice |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Grated lemon peel |
Directions
Drain pineapple reserving 2 tablespoons syrup. Melt butter in a 10 inch cast iron skillet. Stir in brown sugar until blended. Remove from heat.
Arrange pineapple slices in sugar mixture. Place a maraschino cherry in center of each slice. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add milk and shortening; beat 2 minutes. Add egg, reserved syrup, lemon juice, vanilla and lemon peel. Beat 2 minutes. Pour ovr pineapple in skillet, spreading evenly. Bake in a 350 oven for 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 5 minutes. Invert on serving plate. Serve warm. Makes 8 servings.
Recipe by: Unknown Cookbook
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #997 by L979<L979@...> on Jan 8, 1998