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Pineapple Upside Down Cake:

Here is the old fashioned favorite of all kids, tall and small.
What you need. What you do.
2 twenty oz. cans unsweetened crushed pineapple. 1 ten oz. bottle maraschino cherries. Drain the pineapple and the cherries completely. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pineapple juice.
1/2 cup margarine. 1 & 2/3 cups granulated sugar. 2 eggs. 2 tsp. vanilla extract. In a large mixing bowl, cream the margarine with the sugar until smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla. Beat mixture until smooth.
3 cups all purpose flour. 1/2 tsp. salt. 5 tsp. baking powder. In a suitable bowl, sift the flour, salt, and baking powder together.
1 cup milk. 1/2 cup pineapple juice. To the sugar and egg mix, add the flour mix and the milk by thirds, beat until mixed. Beat in the pineapple juice.
Preheat oven to 375 deg.
4 tbsp. melted margarine. 1 cup brown sugar. Place baking parchment in the bottom of a 9 X 12 cake pan. Spread the margarine over the parchment. Spread the brown sugar evenly over the parchment. Arrange the cherries in a desired pattern and spread the pineapple over them.
Cover the pineapple with cake batter and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Test the center of the cake with a toothpick. The cake is done when the toothpick comes out clean.
Allow the cake to cool and turn it out carefully on a cookie sheet or large platter.

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