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

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