1 can Woolworths Select pineapple rings in juice/syrup
6 or 7 cherries (glace or maraschino)
¾ cup brown sugar
75g butter, melted
¾ cup caster sugar
125g butter, room temperature
2 eggs
vanilla essence/extract
2 cups self raising flour
½ cup milk
Instructions
Melt butter and place in bottom of round or square cake tin
place brown sugar over the top of the butter and gently combine so that it's evenly distributed over the bottom of the cake tin
place pineapple rings over the bottom of the cake tin and pop a cherry in the middle of each. Cute.
Now make your cake batter by creaming the butter, sugar and vanilla. I do mine in the thermomix for 20 seconds on speed 5. You could just use a good old wooden spoon for this
Add in eggs one at a time then milk and self raising flour. 20 seconds on speed 5 will do it in the thermomix then add the flour and milk and mix for another 20 seconds.
Again just use a spoon or whatever you use for baking to mix if you don't have a machine.
Gently pour over the top of the pineapple rings and very gently spread evenly without moving those precious pineapple rings
Bake in a preheated 180C/350F oven for about 35-40 minutes until the cake is cooked right through
Remove from the oven and run a knife around the edge of your cake tin. Using a plate on the top of the cake tin, tip it over and leave the tin suspended for all the goodness to come out. Now at the same time take a peek and check that nothing is stuck to the bottom of the tin.
Serve warm and enjoy.
Now I know it doesn't look it but this cake is quite forgiving and even if everything sticks to the pan you could slide them out, assemble the cake. I had a few pineapple rings stick. If I was serving for guests then I could have melted a little butter and brown sugar and drizzled it over the top! Or my old friend.................a dusting of icing sugar.....saves everything!
Recipe by Retro Mummy at https://retromummy.com/2013/08/28/what-to-make-with-canned-pineapple/