The Upside-down Pineapple cake! :D

Due to the unavailability of good seasonal mangoes, in the market, at the moment, I turned to my other favorite summer 'must eat': The Pineapple. I would often be found on university campus, doe eyed, staring at anyone with a plate of bite size pineapples. So, naturally, a lot of Pineapple hoarding happened this summer. And what better, than to make an 'Upside-down Pineapple Cake' to keep you satiated, this summer. When in peril, always turn to the Classics. ^__^ Never fails!

Ingredients

1) Four Pineapple pieces(Circular)
2) 1 cup Pineapple syrup(This will have to be made. Follow the instructions in the recipe)
3) 2-4 tbsp Butter
4) 1/2 cup Icing Sugar
5) 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar or Jaggery
6) 1 1/4 cup Flour
7)  2 tsp Baking Powder
8) 1 egg
9) 1 1/4 cup Water

Recipe 

1) Remove the center of the pineapple from the pineapple pieces.
2) Boil the sugar in the water and make a syrup. Add the Pineapple pieces and boil for 3-4 mins. Remove the pieces. The syrup left behind will work as the pineapple syrup required to make the cake.
3) Grease a baking dish with some butter and line the bottom of the tray with the 1/2 cup Granulated sugar or Jaggery mixed with 2 tsp Butter. Layer the pineapple pieces over the sugar layer.
4) Sieve the Flour and the baking powder in a bowl. In a separate bowl beat the egg, Icing sugar and the Butter(2-4 tbsp). Then, add the Pineapple juice and beat carefully. Fold in the flour and the baking powder to make the cake batter.
5) Pour the Batter in the baking tray. Bake in an oven, preheated to 180 C, for 45 mins. Let the baked cake come down to room temp and then turn it out on a plate, to serve! Serve while it is hot. An absolute Ripper!

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