Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

• 1 stick butter
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 can sliced pineapple, reserving 4 tablespoons of juice
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder

Steps

1. Melt butter in a cast iron skillet. Stir in brown sugar and sliced pineapple and cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
2. In a medium bowl, beat egg yolks until light. Add sugar and pineapple juice and set aside.
3. In a small bowl, sift flour and baking powder and gradually add to egg yolk mixture.
4. In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff, then fold into egg yolk mixture.
5. Pour batter into skillet of brown sugar and pineapple and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
6. Turn out before cool.

Notes

Reverse side of the page shows through (index of Soups & Salads recipes); not part of this recipe.

From a printed recipe (Home for the Holidays (printed cookbook/booklet page)) kept in Rosie Lee’s recipe box.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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