This cake is called Upside down cake because after making it, you turn it over and the bottom become the top of the cake - no decoration needed.
Ingredients:
For Pineapple base
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 8 Pineapple rings
- Glace (cocktail) cherries 8-15
For Cake
- Flour 250g (8oz)
- Butter 250g (8oz)
- Sugar 250g (8oz)
- Eggs 4
- Baking Powder 2 tsp
Process:
Pineapple base: Use a 9" solid bottom cake tin or a oven proof dish, butter the sides.
- Add ½ cup butter and ½ cup sugar and melt over gentle heat and let it spread on the base
- Lay pineapple rings on over the base and place a glace cherry in each pineapple ring. You can also place some in between the gaps.
Sponge cake:
- Turn the oven on to 200c
- Mix Flour, Butter, Sugar, Eggs and Baking powder in a food processor or with a hand mixer until smooth.
- Pour over the pineapple base.
- Put it in the oven for 30 minutes
- Test by inserting a tooth pick in the middle of the cake, if it comes out dry, it's done, if not, put it back for another 5 minutes.
- Let it cool a little, when just warm turn it upside down
Will go very well with some icecream!
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