Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients:-                         

For Topping:-      

• Pineapple slices - 1 Tin
•  Glazed Cherries  - 1/2 Cup
•  Brown sugar - 1/2 Cup
•  Butter - 1/4 Cup

For Cake:-

•  All purpose`flour - 1 1/2 Cups
•  Eggs - 2 Nos.
•  Baking powder - 1 Tsp
•  Vanilla Essence - 1 Tsp
•  Butter - 1/2 Cup
•  Sugar - 1 Cup
•  Salt - 1/2 Tsp

Method To Prepare :-

• Preheat an oven to 200'C. Butter a 9-inch round cake tin.

Topping:-

•  Melt the butter and brown sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat simmer,stirring occasionally a few times.
•  Remove from heat and pour into the bottom of the prepared cake tin.
•  Arrange pineapple & cherries on top of caramel.

Cake:-

• To make the batter, mix in together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside
• In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form and set aside.
• In a another bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, add the egg yolks and vanilla essence & beat until smooth.
• Add the flour mixture & beat on low until just blended,fold in the egg whites very gently without beating it too hardly.
• Pour batter over the pineapple topping and spread evenly.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 40-45 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool 5-10 minutes before inverting onto a cake platter.

Tips:-

• Serve with fresh cream or vanilla ice cream.
• Glazed cherries can be substituted by  dried raisins as well