Simple pineapple upside down cake

Name: Simple pineapple upside down cake
Yield: makes approximately 1 kg
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 145 ml vegetable oil; 270 gm granulated sugar; 50 gms margarine/butter; 50 gms brown sugar; 3 eggs; 315 gm all purpose flour(sifted); 1 tablespoon pineapple essence; 30 gms corn flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 240 ml milk (at room temperature); 4-6 pineapple pieces cut into rings with the cores removed; 4-10 red cherries

Meg Gysh Mugo @R001

Simple pineapple upside down cake

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Ingredients

makes approximately 1 kg

145 mlvegetable oil
270 gmgranulated sugar
50 gmsmargarine/butter
50 gmsbrown sugar
3eggs
315 gmall purpose flour(sifted)
1 tablespoonpineapple essence
30 gmscorn flour
1 tablespoonbaking powder
1/4 teaspoonsalt
240 mlmilk (at room temperature)
4-6pineapple pieces cut into rings with the cores removed
4-10red cherries

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Steps

1

Pre heat your ove to 160 degrees celcius
2

Melt the butter/ margarine and brown sugar in a pan.Pour the melted mixture on your cake pan and distribute it evenly.
3

Arrange your pineapple slices on the cake pan to cover the bottom of your pan.Distribute your cherries around the pineapples including the middle of each pineapple ring and set aside
4

In a large bowl beat the eggs, sugar, vegetable oil and pineapple essence till light and fluffy
5

Add the 1/3 of the flour and fold it in using a spatula,when the flour is well incorporated add ½ of the milk.
6

Add another 1/3 rd of the flour and fold in
7

Add the remaining milk and mix
8

Add the final 1/ 3rd of the remaining flour and fold in
9

Pour the batter over the pineapple rings and bake for 45- 60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
10

Loosen the edges of the cake with a knife. Cool the cake for 5 minutes before inverting onto serving plate.