Saturday 18 February 2012

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE RECIPE



Ingredients:

For Cake:
1 tin Pineapple
200gms Maida (Flour)
180 gms Sugar
120 ml refined oil
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
For Sauce
15 - 20 Fresh Strawberries
4 tblsp Sugar
1/4 tsp Cinnamon Powder
1 tblsp Strawberry Jam

How to make pineapple upside down cake:

  • Sauce:
  • Chop the strawberries into tiny pieces.
  • Heat 1 cup of water and add the chopped strawberries.
  • Cook till the sugar gets dissolved and strawberries are soft.
  • Add the cinnamon and stir.
  • Cook on a low flame for a minute and then add the jam.
  • Mix gently and cook for another minute and remove from flame.
  • Cake:
  • Beat the eggs till fluffy.
  • Add the sugar and the oil and continue to beat with a hand blender or in a mixer till the mixture is smooth and the sugar has melted completely.
  • More smooth the batter more soft the cake will be.
  • Mix the baking powder in the maida and mix the sugar, oil and egg mixture slowly into the maida, taking care that no lumps form.
  • Upside Down Cake:
  • Grease a circular cake tin and lay out the pineapple pieces on the bottom of the tin.
  • Pour the prepared batter gently on the the pieces and bake it in a preheated oven at 180C or till cake is done.
  • To check if the cake is ready insert a tooth pick in the center of the cake if it comes out clean without any mixture coating, the cake is ready.
  • Allow the cake to cool in the oven for 15 miutes.
  • When the cake gets coool , invert the cake on a serving dish with the pineapple sides on the top.
  • Top it with the strawberry sauce.

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