Upside down, pineapple “your grandmother made this” cake

Yesterday I bought a pineapple to take to a barbecue. Last year i discovered that putting pineapple on the grill after you cooked up some pork belly was bloody delicious and was looking forward to repeat performance. However, by the time i got around to it the coals were cold and i wasn’t that hungry anyway so back home it came. Sat with a hangover i knew i wouldn’t use the pineapple for anything, i don’t like it in sweet and sour dishes, i wouldn’t use it on pizza and my life is too short to be making smoothies.

Of course the only option left was an upside down cake, something i could attempt to do in a hungover state (though if you are worried that you shouldn’t be drunk in charge of a knife use tinned fruit). A splash of rum will sort out your hair of the dog requirements.

You may want to practice at making the pineapple lovely and neat, i however have no flare for presentation as the pictures will tell. I joke that friends would enjoy my food even more if i blindfolded them.

You will need

butter (for greasing)
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 a ripe pineabpple, sliced into rings and cored or 6 slices canned pineapple in juice (plus 3 tablespoons of the juice)
11 glace cherries (approx. 75g total weight)
100 grams plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
100 grams soft butter
100 grams caster sugar
2 large eggs
Splash of dark rum if wanted

– Preheat the oven to 200°C. Butter and flour a tin (go for a pie dish or similar)
– Slice the pineapple (or fish out the rings) and put into a pain with 1-2 tablespoons of sugar. Cook and caramelise the rings and add a splash of rum if you want to.
– Once browned, place the rings in the bottom of the tin and fill the rings with the glace cherries and then pop them in the spaces in between.
– Put the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, butter, caster sugar and eggs into a food processor and run the motor until the batter is smooth or pop it all in a bowl and mix (i never bother with creaming the butter and sugar first etc, as far as i can tell it makes no difference and the eggs are less likely to curdle).
– Bake for 30 minutes, then ease a spatula around the edge of the tin, place a plate on top and turn it

Look at it in all its pineapply glory

Bringing 70’s realness