Thursday, February 24, 2011

Today would be "Goldies" 80th Birthday

I would be making him a PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE. The following is how I made it.
I used a Pyrex pie plate
1 recipe of hot water sponge cake: to follow.....Fruit...1/4cup butter 1/2 cup of brown sugar
melt butter add brown sugar stir until thoroughly mixed. Low heat.
Remove from heat.add 4 slices of pineapple (may also use some maraschino cherries)
HOT WATER SPONGE CAKE
1 cup sifted cake flour 2 eggs separated
1 1/2 teas.baking powder
dash of salt 1 cup of sugar
6 tablespoons hot water
1 teas. vanilla
sift together flour,baking powder and salt.Beat egg yolks until lemon colored;gradually beat in sugar ,then hot water ,vanilla and finally flour; gently fold in egg whites beaten stiff but not dry
Pour the batter over the fruit mixture.....bake in a moderate oven (350 ) 35-45 minutes..loosen from sides of pan turn over a cake plate and let rest at lest 1 minute and allow the fruit and syrup to to drip onto the cake. ENJOY!

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