Prized Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

[jjkOC]

Baked this cake for a co-worker's baby shower:

 

[luvsorchids]

:clap::drool::drool::drool::clap:.

Susan

 

[NYEric]

Yum!

 

[Marc]

So this is a pineapple Tarte Tatin?

 

[paphioboy]

Never had this before... Looks absolutely DELICIOUS...

 

[Marco]

Looks Yummy! Wheres the recipe? oke:

 

[SlipperFan]

Looks Yummy! Wheres the recipe? oke:

Beat me to it, Marco!

 

[jjkOC]

Hi Marc, similar in concept but a cake rather than pastry crust.

So this is a pineapple Tarte Tatin?

 

[jjkOC]

Sorry Marco and Dot, this is a secret family recipe... but if you're ever visiting southern California, I'll bake one for you!

 

[Orchidnut57]

Yum!

Sorry Marco and Dot, this is a secret family recipe... but if you're ever visiting southern California, I'll bake one for you!

Being a southern boy from Alabama we prefer to cook our pineapple upside down cakes in a well seasoned cast iron skillet!

 

[Jim Toomey]

You tease!

 

[goldenrose]

Looks delic, can't remember the last time I had it!

 

[biothanasis]

Looks really yummy!!!! Is there any cinammon on the top??

 

[jjkOC]

No cinnamon in this recipe, it's all carmelized golden brown sugar goodness.

Looks really yummy!!!! Is there any cinammon on the top??

 

[biothanasis]

No cinnamon in this recipe, it's all carmelized golden brown sugar goodness.

hehehe...:drool:

 

[SlipperFan]

Sorry Marco and Dot, this is a secret family recipe... but if you're ever visiting southern California, I'll bake one for you!

I'll be right over.

I wish!

 

[jjkOC]

Why not??? The weather has been fantastic, we've got beautiful beaches, some great orchid nurseries and of course pineapple upside-down cake!

 

[SlipperFan]

$$$

 

[Heather]

Can I ask a question? You use fresh pineapple, right?

 

[Kavanaru]

wow... looks exactly like my mother's recipe (but she adds cocktel cherries in the pineapple "eyes" - as she calls them)

Can I ask a question? You use fresh pineapple, right?

at least in my mom's recipe, they have to be canned pineapple, as the fresh do not caramelize very well (you also need to try different canned brands, as not all caramelize well either - but I think thi sis more my mom being maniatic with her recipes)