PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:

For Cake:
Pineapple - 1 tin
Maida (Flour) - 200gms
Sugar - 180 gms
refined oil- 120 ml
eggs - 3
Baking Soda - 1 1/2 tsp .

For Sauce
Fresh Strawberries - 15 - 20
Sugar - 4 tbsp
Cinnamon Powder - 1/4 tsp
Strawberry Jam - 1 tbsp


Preparations:

* Sauce:
* Chop the strawberries into tiny pieces.
* Heat 1 cup of water and add the chopped strawberries.
* Cook till the sugar gets dissolved and strawberries are soft.
* Add the cinnamon and stir.
* Cook on a low flame for a minute and then add the jam.
* Mix gently and cook for another minute and remove from flame.
* Cake:
* Beat the eggs till fluffy.
* Add the sugar and the oil and continue to beat with a hand blender or in a mixer till the mixture is smooth and the sugar has melted completely.
* More smooth the batter more soft the cake will be.
* Mix the baking powder in the maida and mix the sugar, oil and egg mixture slowly into the maida, taking care that no lumps form.
* Upside Down Cake:
* Grease a circular cake tin and lay out the pineapple pieces on the bottom of the tin.
* Pour the prepared batter gently on the the pieces and bake it in a preheated oven at 180C or till cake is done.
* To check if the cake is ready insert a tooth pick in the center of the cake if it comes out clean without any mixture coating, the cake is ready.
* Allow the cake to cool in the oven for 15 miutes.
* When the cake gets coool , invert the cake on a serving dish with the pineapple sides on the top.
* Top it with the strawberry sauce.