Do NOT Lick Your Screen
What have we here?
It’s cake…a Pineapple Upside Down Cake baked in a genu-wine cast iron pan, y’all!
Starts looking ordinary, like this (ho-hum):
But, if you do it right, turns out all gooey and caramel-y and pineapple-y, like this:
My B-I-L, one of the outlaws (as I count myself), did the nicest thing for me. So, of course I wanted to thank him in a very Patti-esque way. It was either bake his fav-or-rite cake or write him a poem. I think I made the right choice.
This is a new recipe, one I took from the Smitten Kitchen’s stash. If the cake tastes anything like the creamy light batter (WITH RUM!) I licked from the spoon, if the cake tastes anything like the deliriously sinful caramel-based bottom the pineapples rest in, if the cake tastes anything like the heavenly smell emanating from the kitchen RIGHT NOW, then this cake will be a new tradition.
I hope it’s the best Pineapple Upside Down Cake B-I-L has ever had. Because one good deed deserves another.
If you've never used a cast iron skillet, I can testify to their all around usefulness. Mine will be handed down one day...it's that good.
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Happy Baking, my babies!
P.S. Do you guys think it’s hokey to bake as a thank you? Do you think I should have gone with the poem?
NO poems! Everyone knows the way to a man's heart is through his stomach! Pineapple upside down cake was one of my Dad's favorites and he used make it often. I found a great recipe for Pineapple upside down cupcakes that I made for brunch one weekend. They were the first thing to disappear! Now if I only owned a cast iron skillet...
This recipe is totally worth the cost of a pan. Go get one!
Another item added to the Amazon wish list. Oh Santa...
You can get a good pre-seasoned cast-iron Lodge pan at any restaurant store. Totally worth it.
Yum, one of my all time favorites - never seen it made in a skillet - learn something new everyday!
The sugar was crystallized and gooey all at the same time. I was told by my BIL that it was the best he ever had. Great recipe!
Looks delicious, and I love anything I can make in my iron skillet! The cake was definitely the way to go for a thank you gift. Food >> poems.
Or (as you got me to thinking), my food = poems! You should seriously try this.
Yum!! My mom always made the best pineapple upside down cake and yours looks exactly like hers!
This was a simple easy recipe. The batter alone was finger-licking good!
You had me at "Do not lick your screen"!!!!!!
ha!
Yum! Baking as a thank you is THE way to go. In fact, my daughter had an arrangement with a local mechanic (not a franchise) wherein he fixed her car only for the price of a batch of chocolate chip cookies—my recipe. 😀 He was an older, married gentleman, but is no longer in business anymore, unfortunately. Perhaps because you can't pay the bills with baked goods.
Cookies as currency = YES! My BIL loved the cake, so I think it was the right choice.
Wow! I agree with Jeannie! I'm hopping over from Let's Get Social Sunday. Thank you for posting! -- I'm a brand-new blogger and would love for you to drop by my page sometime. Thanks, and have a great day!
Lol! It's really worth trying.
That looks so darn good! 🙂
So gooood.
I have never used cast-iron skillet and wouldn't have thought to use one for a cake, but this looks amazing!! What a tasty thank you gesture! 🙂
Found you from the Frugal Crafty Home link party.
It is worth getting a cast-iron pan to make this cake and then to impress others with your cowgirl prowess...of course!
mike just got me this pan for valentine's day, and weirdly enough, i had just heard of this recipe. HEAVY ON THE RUM!!!!
While I didn't eat the cake, as it was a gift, the batter was amazing! MAKE IT!