Microwave pineapple downside - up cake
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 4 ts Margarine
- 1/3 c Light brown sugar
- 16 oz Pineapple slices; can drai - and reserve juice
- 4 Maraschino cherries cut in -alf
- 1 1/4 c Flour
- 3/4 c Sugar
- 2 ts Baking powder
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 1 Egg
- 1/3 c Oil
- 1/2 c Pineapple juice; reserved
- 1/2 ts Vanilla extract
- 1/2 ts Almond extract
Instructions:
Line a 9" round baking dish with parchment paper folding paper over the sides. Put margarine on paper and microwave on high 45 seconds or until melted. Sprinkle brown sugar over margarine. Arrange 7 pineapple slices on top of sugar mixture. Decorate centers of slices with cherries Place flour sugar baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Add egg oil reserved pineapple juice and extracts. Blend with a wooden spoon and pour batter over pineapple slices. Rotating midway through cooking microwave on 50 % (medium) 5 minutes; then microwave on high 4 to 5 minutes rotating dish twice. Let stand 5 minutes and invert on serving plate. Remove parchment paper and discard.
