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Old-fashioned Upside-down Cake Recipe | |
Cakes | |
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Ingredients:
2/3 cup butter2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1 can(1 lb.4 oz.)Dole Sliced Pineapple 9 maraschino cherries 2 eggs, separated 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup dairy sour cream
Directions:
Melt 1/3 cup butter in 10-inch skillet with oven-proof handle. Add brown sugar and stir until well blended. Drain pineapple well reserving 2 tablespoons of syrup. Arrange slices close together in butter-sugar mixture. Extra slices may be cut into wedges and placed between slices. Center each whole slice with a cherry. Beat egg whites to soft peaks. Gradually beat in 1/4 cup granulated sugar to make a stiff meringue. With same beater, beat remaining 1/3 cup butter with remaining 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, lemon peel and juice, and vanilla. Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Blend into creamed mixture alternately with sour cream and 2 tablespoons pineapple syrup. Fold in egg white mixture. Pour over pineapple in skillet. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F. oven about 35 minutes until cake tests done. Let stand 10 minutes, then invert onto serving plate. Allow skillet to rest over cake a minute for syrup to drain. Serve warm or cold. Makes 8 servings | |