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topping butter brown sugar pineapple nutmeats maraschino cherries batter egg yolks egg whites sugar boiling water cake flour salt baking powder
Viewed: 29 - Published at: 8 years agoIngredients
- Topping
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 7 pineapple slices
- whole nutmeats
- 7 maraschino cherries
- Batter
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 stiff-beaten egg whites
- 1 1/2 cups sugar (divided)
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour (cake flour IS different than all-purpose...I didn't know that and did not take a chance)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Method
- Topping: In a heavy 8" ovenproof skillet (cast iron) melt butter and add brown sugar.
- Arrange pineapple slices over mixture; place nut meats between slices and place a cherry in the center of each slice.
- Pour following batter over.
- Batter: Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored, add 1/2 cup of sugar, and continue beating.
- Add water, then fold in remaining cup of sugar sifted with flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Beat well and fold in egg whites.
- Pour over pineapple in skillet and bake in a moderate oven (325 degrees) 45 minutes.
- Cool, run knife around edge to loosen, and turn out on a large platter, pineapple side up.
- If desired, serve with whipped cream.
