Simply Delectable Introductory Blog

I have recently started to really enjoy the wonderful art of baking. It has become like a new passion to me, I find it very relaxing and exciting. So I decided to write this blog with a little encouragement from my husband. Therefore, I would like to share my fun, exciting and always interesting baking adventures with you... My nephew and I call ourselves the
"PASTRY CHIEFS" and yes I mean chiefs not chefs its our little joke... LOL

I absolutely love to bake so I am trying to figure out what my next move is going to be... I think I want to run a small pastry shop of my own... So I will be busting my butt for the next year baking and blogging to try an accomplish my first goal, which is making and testing the recipes...And last but not least presentation.
This blog will be about baking, recipes, the fun and little helpful tips that I am picking up along the way. I however don't claim to be anything special or a professional pastry chef, I just want to share my yummy experiences with others. I hope you all will find it fun, enjoyable and most of all tasty.
Also, If anyone has any recipes or ideas that they would like to share please feel free to post them on the page I'm up for trying any new pastry...
So last night my loving family started naming all kinds of yummy cakes, pies, pastries, etc. that they would like for me to make. As of now we have over 25 recipes to start with, when I get to 365 of them I will be listing them all so everyone will know whats on the agenda for the year.
I think tonight I will be tackling a PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE!
So out to buy what is needed for the recipe then back to my awesome kitchen I go!!!
I shall talk to you all soon, till then be safe and enjoy the rest of your day!




Sunday, January 30, 2011

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

   Okay, so everyone loved the sugar-free cheesecake and I really don't like to give myself compliments but it was very very good.. and not piece of it was left..lol.  Anyway on to other things..
    
  Today was a lazy day for me. I feel like a vampire came in and sucked the life out of me..lol.. But in my family when you say your gonna do something you have to follow through, if not everyone will playfully and with love of course, break your stones... So after my parents made an amazing pot roast for dinner my husband started and then my brother-in-law started to make little funny comments about how great that pineapple upside down cake tastes, lol. After that the rest of the family started in on me, so at about 7p.m. I went to the kitchen in preparation of the cake....

        While I was in the kitchen I looked at the fruit bowl sitting on my counter top, an idea jumped into my head as I glared upon an orange. What if I put an orange in my Pineapple Upside Down Cake . So after about ten minutes and a whole lot of thought I said what the heck, whats the worst that could happen...lol...

         Usually, when I am baking I am running around the kitchen like crazy measuring things while I am adding them to the mixing bowl. Today I tried things a little differently... I pre-measured ingredients before I started to make things a little easier for myself tonight.  What a blessing that turned out to be and made for an easy clean up as well. I think I'll be remembering that one...

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
1/4 cup butter 
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
9 slices pineapple 
1 orange (optional)
9 jarred cherries without stem (drained
1 1/3 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk 
1 egg
***NOTE : If you do use the orange make sure to get as much of the rime off of it as possible before you add it, for this will make the cake very bitter.


    1.  Heat oven to 350 degrees melt butter in oven in 9 inch pan, (don't over heat the butter).  Sprinkle brown sugar over melted butter evenly over the whole pan. Arrange pineapple slices and orange slices over the brown sugar butter mix and place cherry in center of pineapples.


    2.   In medium bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, and egg on low scraping bowl constantly for 30 seconds.. Beat on high for about 2-3 minutes scraping sides occasionally. Pour batter over pineapple, orange and cherries

  3. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. When you take it out  immediately place a heatproof plate upside down over pan and turn plate and pan over.  Leave pan over cake  a few minutes so brown sugar mixture can drizzle over....Serve warm!


  
    No sooner did I have this magnificent cake plated there was the love of my life standing behind me with a look of a child. He was like being a big silly goof waiting for it to cool down enough for us to cut into. Meanwhile, the whole time him and my dad are play arguing over which one was going to eat it all.  After it cooled down enough we sat down and enjoyed a nice warm piece of Orange Pineapple Upside Down Cake.  Everyone thought that it was very very good... My husband said it brought him back to when he was a kid and his grandmother used to make all the time....

     Until tomorrow be safe, happy and well!
Thanks for reading

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