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Fresh Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Recipe courtesy Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken
1/2 cup Blanched whole almonds
4 tablespoons Unsalted butter, melted
9 tablespoons Unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup Brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons Light corn syrup
1/2 Pineapple, peeled, cored, halved lengthwise, cut crosswise
into 1/2" slices
1 1/2 cups Pastry flour
3/4 cup Granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoon Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Sour cream
3 large Egg yolks
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350° F.
Spread the almonds on a baking sheet and toast, shaking the pan
occasionally, until lightly golden, 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside
to cool. Turn the oven temperature down to 325° F.
Stir together the melted butter, brown sugar and corn syrup and
evenly coat the bottom and sides of a 10-inch glass pie plate
with the mixture. When the almonds are cool, arrange around the
bottom rim of the pie plate, with a few in the center, gently
pressing them into the brown mixture. Arrange pineapple on top.
In a mixing bowl, combine the pastry flour, granulated sugar,
baking powder, baking soda and salt and thoroughly mix. In
another bowl, whisk together the softened butter, sour cream,
egg yolks and vanilla. Add to the dry ingredients and mix with
an electric mixer at medium speed about 1 1/2 minutes, scraping
down the sides of the bowl occasionally, until thick and smooth.
Using a spatula, spread the batter evenly over the fruit,
building up the outside edges so the cake will be level when
baked.
Bake 40 to 50 minutes, until golden brown and a tester inserted
in the center comes clean. Transfer to a rack to cool 3 to 5
minutes (no longer) and then invert onto a serving plate,
repositioning the fruit as necessary.
Source: "TOO HOT TAMALES with Susan Feniger and Mary Sue
Milliken - Episode#: TH6132 from the Food Network - broadcast
07-29-1996"