Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter
2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 can pineapple, 20-ounce
9 maraschino cherries without stems
1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
Directions
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. In 9-inch square pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over melted butter. Arrange pineapple slices over brown sugar. Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice.
In medium bowl, beat remaining ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.
Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately place heatproof server plate upside down over pan. Turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake a few minutes so brown sugar mixture can drizzle over cake. Remove pan. Serve warm. Store cake loosely covered.