Mom's Pineapple Upside-Down Cake


Course : Cakes
Serves: 1
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Ingredients:


---CAKE---

1 1/2 cups butter -- (3 sticks), divided

6 large eggs -- separated

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 cups buttermilk -- with pineapple juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract -- (or more)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup sugar -- granulated

2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar -- (4x)

2 1/2 cups flour

---TOPPINGS---

1/2 cup pineapple rings

1/2 cup maraschino cherries

1/2 cup pecan halves

---SYRUP---

2 cups light brown sugar -- (1 box)

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup water

2 tablespoons karo
 

Preparation / Directions:


Grease 3 cast-iron skillets. Drain pineapple rings, reserving juice. Add all but 1 tablespoon of the juice to the buttermilk to make 1 1/2 cups fluid (equal parts, if possible). Separate eggs; place all the whites in a large bowl, place 3 yolks in one small container, and the other 3 in another. Prepare 3 8-inch cake pans with brown-paper rounds (for bottoms) greased with shortening. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Soften 1/2 C butter in a large bowl; add confectioner's sugar and beat until thoroughly mixed. Add 3 egg yolks, one after another, and continue beating. Add vanilla and mix till thoroughly blended, scraping sides with spatula if necessary. Measure flour into a small bowl and stir in baking soda. Add to butter/sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk in 4 steps, beginning and ending with the flour. Sprinkle about 1/2 t salt on egg whites. Beat till stiff, but not dry. Fold egg whites into batter. TOPPING: Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat; add 1 T of pineapple juice and the sugar. Add water and Karo and cook at a high, rolling boil for about 3 minutes. Pour equally into prepared cast-iron skillets (about 1/2 to 3/4-inch thick). Place pineapple rings in bottom of each skillet, and in the centers, place a cherry. (Can add pecan halves, too.) Divide batter between pans and bake at 350 degrees F. about 30-35 minutes, until don

 

Nutritional Information:

7976 Calories (kcal); 401g Total Fat; (44% calories from fat); 81g Protein; 1041g Carbohydrate; 2128mg Cholesterol; 7548mg Sodium


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