Microwave pineapple downside - up cake
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | teaspoons | Margarine |
| ⅓ | cup | Light brown sugar |
| 16 | ounces | Pineapple slices; can, drai and reserve juice |
| 4 | Maraschino cherries, cut in alf | |
| 1¼ | cup | Flour |
| ¾ | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | Egg | |
| ⅓ | cup | Oil |
| ½ | cup | Pineapple juice; reserved |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| ½ | teaspoon | Almond extract |
Directions
Line a 9" round baking dish with parchment paper, folding paper over the sides. Put margarine on paper and microwave on high 45 seconds or until melted. Sprinkle brown sugar over margarine. Arrange 7 pineapple slices on top of sugar mixture. Decorate centers of slices with cherries Place flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Add egg, oil, reserved pineapple juice and extracts.
Blend with a wooden spoon and pour batter over pineapple slices.
Rotating midway through cooking, microwave on 50 % (medium) 5 minutes; then microwave on high 4 to 5 minutes, rotating dish twice.
Let stand 5 minutes and invert on serving plate. Remove parchment paper and discard.