Dessert Recipes - Upside-Down Cake Recipe

Ingredients 

• One 1 lb 4 oz can Dole Sliced Pineapple

• 1/4 cup butter

• 2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed Maraschino cherries

• 1 cup flour

• 3/4 cup sugar

• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1/2 cup milk

• 1/4 cup shortening

• 1 egg

• 1 tsp lemon juice

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 1/4 tsp grated lemon peel

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Method:

1. Drain pineapple, reserving 2 Tbs syrup. Melt butter in a 10-inch cast iron skillet. Stir in brown sugar until blended. Remove from heat.

2. Arrange pineapple slices in sugar mixture. Place a Maraschino cherry in center of each slice.

3. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add milk and shortening; beat 2 minutes.

4. Add egg, reserved syrup, lemon juice, vanilla and lemon peel; beat 2 minutes. Pour over pineapple in skillet, spreading evenly.

5. Bake in a 350°F oven 40 minutes. Cool on wire rack 5 minutes. Invert onto serving plate. Serve warm.