On Mon 20 Apr 2009 09:46:28a, Thechefkat told us...

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You might like trying this one, as well. It's from the 1930s, and our
family favorite.


* Exported from MasterCook *

Mother's Pineapple Upside-down Cake - 1932

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Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 c Butter
1 c Brown sugar
7 sl Pineapple
7 ea Maraschino cherries
3 ea Eggs, separated
1 c Granulated sugar
5 tb Pineapple juice
1 c All-purpose flour
1 t Baking powder

Melt one half cup butter in a large iron frying pan. Add one cup brown
sugar and spread evenly over bottom of "Up-Side-Down" Pan. Lay complete
wheel of pineapple in center. Put cherry in center and place half
wheels around as in picture. make following sponge batter--Beat yolks
of three eggs, add one cup granulated sugar and five tablespoons of
pineapple juice. Sift in one cup of flour and one teaspoon baking
powder. Fold into stiffly beaten egg whites. pour over fruit. Bake
forty-five minutes to hour in moderate oven.

Note: This recipe was included with a concave-bottom "Up-Side-Down"
Cake Pan my mother purchased in the late 1930's. It was manufactured by
the Chicago Mettalic Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1932.




--
Wayne Boatwright
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Fish, to taste right, must swim three times ~in water, in butter,
and in wine. ~Polish Proverb