Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Today's recipe is Pineapple Upside Down Cake. It has been a while since I baked a cake and I had a pineapple sitting at home. So tried this Pineapple upside down cake and it came out really wonderful. My kids loved it and it was over so soon. I am looking forward to bake it again.

Recipe Source: Joy of Baking

What are the ingredients needed?

For the Topping:

Butter(unsalted), 1/4 cup

Light Brown Sugar, 3/4 cup

Pineapple,  1 (peeled, cored and sliced)

Candied Cherries/ Maraschino cherries (optional)

For the Cake

All Purpose Flour, 1 1/2 cup

Baking powder, 2 teaspoons

Salt, 1/4 teaspoon

Butter(room temperature), 1/2 cup

Sugar, 1 cup

Vanilla Extract, 1 teaspoon

Eggs, 2 nos.

Milk, 1/2 cup 

Cream of tartar, 1/4 teaspoon

How it is made?

Preparations.

1. Prepare the 9 inch cake pan by greasing and flouring it.
2. Break open the eggs, separate the egg whites and yolks and set them aside.
3. Preheat the oven  to 350F

For the Topping

1. In a saucepan, add butter and sugar and stir in a medium heat till the butter is melted and the sugar is dissolved.
2. Then continue to cook without stirring until the bubble starts to appear around the edges. Now turn off the heat and pour it into the prepared pan.
3. Next arrange the sliced pineapples on top of the mixture. You can also arrange cherries, if you want.

For the cake Batter:

1. In a bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
2. In another bowl beat butter and sugar till they are fluffy. 
3. Scrape the sides of the bowl and add vanilla extract and mix well. Continue to beat adding one egg yolks at a time.
4. To this add 1/2 of flour mixture and 1/2 of milk mix well. Then add the rest of the flour and milk and mix well.
5. Take a clean bowl whisk the egg whites with cream of tartar until it forms a stiff peak.
6. With a spatula fold the egg whites gently with this mixture.
7. Pour this batter to the prepared cake pan, smooth the top evenly and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the tooth pick inserted comes out clean (make sure the toothpick doesn't get inserted all the way through the fruit)
8. Let it cool for 10 minutes. Then run a knife around the edges and turn it upside down on a serving plate.

Slice the cake and serve.

Notes:

• You can also use canned pineapples instead of Fresh Pineapples.