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.