Pineapple? Why, How Tropical Of You!

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pinterest:  Morgan (Modern Mommyhood)
Yield:  6 servings
Time:  1 hour 7 minutes

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) melted butter
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar (light or dark)
1 20 oz can pineapple slices
Maraschino cherries
2 large eggs, separated into whites and yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup pineapple juice, reserved from can
3/4 cup flour
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder

Preheat oven to 325°.  Grease 8 inch round cake pan.  Pour melted butter into bottom of pan.  Sprinkle brown sugar over butter evenly.  Arrange pineapple slices (should be 7) over brown sugar.  Put a cherry in the center of each pineapple slice.
Using a hand mixer, beat egg yolks until thickened, about 2 minutes.  Beat in sugar.  Beat in reserved juice.  Slowly incorporate flour, salt, & baking powder.  Beat egg whites on high speed until medium-firm peaks form.  Fold into cake batter.  Spread over pineapple & cherries.  Bake 45-52 minutes.  Let cool half an hour before turning out onto plate.  Fight over center cherry.

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

This recipe is pretty close to the original.  The major difference here?  Greasing the cake pan.  If you watch the video on my YouTube Channel, you'll understand why I have you do this; the sides of the cake stuck to the pan.  It nearly came completely apart on me.  If you are having any difficulty removing the cake from the pan (despite greasing it), use a butter/table knife and run it around the sides, between the cake and the pan.  It'll help loosen it up and release.
This recipe was basically a request from my mother.  She was apparently craving a pineapple upside down cake, and all we had to buy was the pineapple and cherries.  We had everything else.  Also, this recipe came out better than expected.  We totally loved it.
Something to note; the top of the cake, when it comes out of the oven, is going to be a little crusty.  It's fine, trust me.  In fact, it's quite delicious.

Overall Meal

 

So this isn't really a meal...it's just a dessert.  But a delicious dessert!  One I'm actually going to be making again in just a couple of days (we're low on butter and I have to wait to get more).  Anyway, try this out!  It's totally and completely awesome; I promise you, you're going to love it!

UPDATED 02/13/14:

• Added links under recipe titles to credited source

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