We just got back from a family vacation to Hawaii. We ate beautiful fresh pineapple every day, and stayed in a fabulous retro hotel for a couple of nights, so I thought this recipe was fitting.

My sister Marlena is an artist and lives in Edmonton, she enjoys cooking and baking and all of her creations are artistically beautiful. Her kitchen is a mid-century design right down to the fabulous mid-century appliances, and so she decided to make an old fashioned favourite and share it with us.

Here is what she said about this recipe.

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake is something that I remember my Mom making, and it was sooo good (as is everything that she makes.)

I got the recipe very appropriately from my 1950 Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook.

Rockin’ Retro Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

I gathered all of the ingredients around my beautiful vintage Sunbeam Mixmaster:

½ c butter

1 c brown sugar

1 can sliced pineapple - or fresh

large whole pecans

maraschino cherries (optional)

1 cup sifted cake flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp salt

3 eggs, separated

1 c granulated sugar

5 Tbsp pineapple juice

If you don't have a can of sliced pineapple you can use the real thing, however, the slices may not be perfectly round.

Melt butter in a large baking pan. Spread brown sugar evenly in pan and arrange pineapple slices on sugar, filling in spaces with pecans and maraschino cherries.

Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Beat egg yolks until light, adding sugar gradually. Add pineapple juice and sifted flour. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.

Pour batter over pineapple. Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees) 30 to 35 minutes. Turn upside down on cake plate. Serve with whipped cream if desired. (Ice cream is good too!)

Enjoy!

Marlena Wyman aka Truly Scrumptious

Thanks Marlena! I love pineapple upside-down cake too. It does bring back memories of childhood for sure. In fact I visited my Mom this summer and guess what, yes she made a delicious pineapple upside-down cake. Yum!!

I have included my sister's sketch of an upside-down pineapple for your enjoyment too.

~ Tracy

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