" Golden Circle " - Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Name: " Golden Circle " - Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Ingredients: PINEAPPLE LAYER; 450 g sliced pineapple in syrup (Golden Circle brand, of course!); 60 g butter; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 6 red glace cherries; CAKE; 60 g butter; 1/2 cup caster sugar (aka superfine sugar); 1 egg; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence; 1 1/4 cups self-raising flour; 1/2 cup milk

12 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

PINEAPPLE LAYER
450 g sliced pineapple in syrup (Golden Circle brand, of course!)
60 g butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
6 red glace cherries
CAKE
60 g butter
1/2 cup caster sugar (aka superfine sugar)
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 1/4 cups self-raising flour
1/2 cup milk

Directions

1

Preheat your oven to 180°C.
2

PINEAPPLE LAYER:
3

Melt the butter and pour into the base of a 20cm round cake tin; also brush the butter around the sides of the tin.
4

Sprinkle the brown sugar over the base of the tin. Arrange the pineapple rings (a flat single layer)in the tin and place a cherry into the centre of each ring.
5

CAKE BATTER:
6

Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
7

Beat in the egg and the vanilla.
8

Sift the flour and fold into the mixture, alternating with the milk.
9

Pour the cake batter over the pineapple and cherries.
10

Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
11

Remove the cake from the oven and loosen the cake from the sides of the tin.
12

Invert the cake onto a serving plate. Enjoy either warm or cold.