Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

• Canned pineapple 8 slices
• Glace cherries 6-8
• Brown sugar 4 tbsp
• Butter 2 tbsp

Ingredients For The Cake

• Butter 225 gm
• Caster sugar 200gms
• Eggs 4
• Flour 300 gm
• Baking powder 1 tsp
• Pinch of salt
• Pineapple syrup from the can 1/2 cup
• Vanilla essence a few drops

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 200 C. in a pan melt the butter for the topping. remove from heat and stir in the brown sugar. In a spring form tin place the pineapple pieces at the base along with the cherries. pour over the butter and sugar mixture and spread evenly.
2. To make the cake, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. add the eggs one at a time and continue beating after every addition until well combined. add the vanilla essence and combine well. 
3. Then gradually add the sieved flour along with the baking powder and fold it in to combine well. then add the pineapple syrup and mixture well to get a smooth batter. 
4. Gently spoon this mixture over the layer of pineapple pieces. place in the oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes until skewer inserted comes out clean.