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.

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