Fired-Up Pineapple Upside Down Cake

I got some moonshine cherries from Old Forge Distillery, which they call Pineapple Upside Down Cake because they're soaking in pineapple moonshine, and I thought why not take a traditional southern cake and add a little heat to the sweet. You don't have to use moonshine cherries if you'd rather not, you can just use regular maraschino cherries.

Yield

8

Author

The Appalachian Tale Jimmy Proffitt

Prep time

15 Min

Cook time

50 Min

Inactive time

10 Min

Total time

1 H & 15 M

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Fired-Up Pineapple Upside Down Cake

This is the pineapple upside down cake that granddaddy would have made, if grandmaw would have let him!

Ingredients

• 1/2 stick butter
• 2/3 cup light brown sugar
• 9 pineapple rings
• Old Forge Distillery Moonshine cherries (or Maraschino cherries)
• 1 1/2 cup plain flour
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Melt butter in a 10.25 inch cast iron skillet or 8x8 square pan. Sprinkle brown sugar in the pan. Lay pineapple rings in the desired pattern and place a cherry in the center of each ring.
3. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. Cream together shortening and sugar. Add egg and vanilla and mix well. Add buttermilk and mix well.
5. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk until well blended and smooth.
6. Carefully pour batter, which will be thicker than most cake batters, over pineapples and cherries.
7. Bake for 40-45 min or until done in center and edges brown.
8. Remove from the oven and let it sit for 10 minutes to begin to cool a bit. Place a platter over the pan, invert it, and leave for a couple of minutes for juices to drip down.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

467.25

Fat (grams)

15.51

Sat. Fat (grams)

7.45

Carbs (grams)

76.04

Fiber (grams)

3.25

Net carbs

72.79

Sugar (grams)

51.59

Protein (grams)

5.31

Sodium (milligrams)

307.34

Cholesterol (grams)

44.40

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