I love to cook and I love to bake. That is probably obvious since I have a foodie blog. While I get a lot of chance to cook meals, hey everyone's got to eat, baking is a different story. Living on my own means that I have to eat what I cook. There is only so many cakes, muffins, slices or desserts that one woman can eat. So whenever I get invited to dinner to a friend's house I always take something with me. This was one of those times.
I have actually made this cake before and think that it is just wonderful. I find that upside down cakes can have a tendency to be too sweet. However the cardamom in this one seems to cut through the sweetness wonderfully. Although I will admit that I have reduced the sugar in both the topping and the cake. My friends and their children just loved it. I love it too, so much so that I didn't leave the leftovers but brought them home for me. Lol Although after feeding 3 adults and 3 children there wasn't that much left.
Pineapple & Cardamom Upside Down Cake
- 70g brown sugar
- 40g soft, unsalted butter
- 1 tin pineapple piece in natural juice, drained (you wont need the whole tin so keep the juice)
- 150g (1 cup) self-raising flour
- 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- 80g caster sugar
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp golden syrup
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
Combine brown sugar and butter in a heavy-based
saucepan and stir over low heat until well combined and smooth. Remove
from heat and pour into a well-greased, round, 20cm cake tin, spreading
evenly. Arrange
pineapple pieces on top of brown sugar mixture.
Sift flour, bicarbonate of soda and cardamom into a
mixing bowl. Add caster sugar, stir and make a well in the centre. Melt
butter with golden syrup and cool slightly. Pour into the well with eggs and milk.
Beat thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Pour mixture over pineapple pieces
and bake at 160 C for about 45minutes - 1 hour or until a cake skewer inserted in the
centre comes out clean. Cover with foil if cake browns before it is
cooked through.
Stand in tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a plate.
