Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

• ½ a cup of salted melted Butter
• ½ cup of brown Sugar
• 5 – 7 Pineapple rings
• 5 – 10 Maraschino Cherries
• Now for the cake batter. I’m going to sift
• 1 cup of regular all purpose flour,
• ½ tsp Baking powder
• ½ tsp Baking soda
• ½ a cup Semolina
• ½ cup Butter Milk,
• 5 tbsps Oil
• ¼ cup Reserved Pineapple juice from the can
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 1 cup sugar

Instructions

1. Prepare your cake pan by oiling or buttering it. My cake pan is 21 cms in diameter and I like to line the sides with a strip of parchment paper to prevent sticking
2. Pour the melted butter in and sprinkle the brown sugar over the butter evenly
3. The size of pan I used fits 5 whole slices perfectly, cut the extra slices in half and fill in the spaces
4. Add the maraschino cherries in between the circles and anywhere there is space
5. Sift the flour, baking powder & soda and salt together
6. Add the Semolina
7. In my food processor, I’m going to add all the liquid ingredients and mix it well
8. Once the liquid is mixed well, add the flour 1 tbsp at a time
9. Be sure to scrape the sides of your bowl periodically
10. Once the batter is just about mixed, pour it over the pineapples. If you live in a cold climate, the butter will start to solidify around the pineapples. This is actually a great advantage as it prevents the slices and cherries from moving as you pour the batter.
12. Pour all the mixed batter on top of the pineapples
13. Move this to a preheated 350 degree oven and allow to bake for 30 - 40 mins
14. Once done, remove and allow to cool. Once cool use a knife if required and remove the paper
15. Flip the cake to serve