Name: Pineappleambrosia Upside-Down Cake
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter or margarine; 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1 (20-ounce) can sliced pineapple, drained; 7 maraschino cherries; 6 walnuts, halved; 2 1/2 tablespoons shortening; 2 1/2 tablespoons butter or margarine; 1 teaspoon grated orange rind; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 cup flaked coconut; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Whipped cream (optional)

Servings: persons

1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 (20-ounce) can sliced pineapple, drained
7 maraschino cherries
6 walnuts, halved
2 1/2 tablespoons shortening
2 1/2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Whipped cream (optional)

1
Melt butter in a 10-inch cast iron skillet; sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange 7 pineapple slices on sugar. Cut remaining pineapple slices in half; line sides of pan, keeping cut sides up. Place a cherry in the center of each whole pineapple slice; arrange walnuts between slices.
2
Combine shortening, butter, and orange rind; cream well. Gradually add 2/3 cup sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg: beat well.
3
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat well after each addition. Stir in coconut and vanilla.
4
Spoon batter evenly over pineapple slices in prepared skillet. Bake at 350u00b0 for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in skillet 10 minutes, and invert cake onto serving plate.
5
Serve warm with a dollop of whipped cream, if desired.

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Pineappleambrosia Upside-Down Cake

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