Like Mom's Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter (1 stick divided)
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple slices (save juice)
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄4 cup pineapple juice (or can use 1/2 cup pineapple juice-omit milk)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1 _ Use a 9 or 10 inch cast iron skillet or pan.

2 _ Melt 1/4 cup of the butter over low heat in skillet, add brown sugar make sure evenly coats bottom.

3 _ Take pan off of the heat, arrange pineapple slices on top of brown sugar.

4 _ In a large bowl, cream other 1/4 cup of butter with the sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, mix until blended. Add juice, milk if using, and vanilla. Beat until sugar is well dissolved.


5 _ Sift flour, baking powder and salt and mix with the egg mixture until well blended.

6 _ Pour batter into the skillet/pan.

7 _ Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

8 _ Let cool for 10 minutes and then put plate over skillet/pan and flip over.