Ingredients

  • 1 yellow cake mix see recipe below
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 can pineapple slices drained and liquid reserved
  • 3 strawberries
  • 3/4 cup butter softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 350°C degrees.Beat the butter,sugar,eggs and vanilla essence together in a large bowl. Sift the flour,baking powder together in a separate bowl. Alternately add the flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture:beat until smooth after each additions. Melt butter in a cake pan. Stir in brown sugar and 2tbsp of the reserved pineapple liquid. Arrange the pineapples slices in the brown sugar mixture. Pour the prepared yellow cake mix evenly on to up half the pan. If you like sprinkle more brown sugar evenly onto of the batter. Bake for 45 minutes. Cool on the wire rack for 10 minutes. Loosen the edges turn upside down onto the serving plate
  • Line 24 muffin pans with paper liners. Preheat oven to 350° C degrees. Pour the remaining batter into the prepared pans -few slices of chopped pineapple pieces on each. Bake for 25 minutes.