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Upside-Down Cake | Chef Cecil | Chef Cecil

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Upside-Down Cake

Name: Upside-Down Cake
Cuisine: Southern American
Ingredients: one-quarter pound butter; one cup brown sugar; one cup chopped walnut meats; one can crushed pineapple; three eggs; one cup sugar; three-quarters cup flour; one teaspoon baking powder; vanilla

A historical dessert from Recipes from here and there (1900). Makes twelve portions. Serve with whipped cream.

✨ Vintage Recipe

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Original Historical Recipe

Preserved exactly as written in the original source

Original Ingredients

one-quarter pound butter
one cup brown sugar
one cup chopped walnut meats
one can crushed pineapple
three eggs
one cup sugar
three-quarters cup flour
one teaspoon baking powder
vanilla

Original Instructions

1
In an aluminum pan about nine by twelve inches, melt one-quarter pound butter and one cup brown sugar
2
Spread with one cup chopped walnut meats
3
Add one can crushed pineapple
4
Pour over this, sponge cake made of three eggs, one cup sugar, three-quarters cup flour, one teaspoon baking powder, vanilla
5
Bake one hour at 325°
6
Turn out upside down at once on flat plate
7
Serve with whipped cream