Ingredients
- 14 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pineapple juice
- 12 ounces pineapple rings
- 5 to 10 maraschino cherries
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
- Special equipment: 8-inch cast iron skillet
Directions
Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a cast iron skillet on medium heat add 6 tablespoons butter, the brown sugar and pineapple juice. Simmer for a few minutes until sugar dissolves then remove from heat. Arrange pineapple slices and cherries in sugar glaze filling in spaces with cherries.
In a large bowl sift flour, baking powder, salt, cloves, cinnamon and sugar. In a smaller bowl whisk egg, milk, vanilla and remaining butter. Pour wet ingredients over dry and blend until just combined, fold in walnuts. Pour cake batter into the cast iron skillet. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let rest for 5 minutes before turning out onto a platter.
















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By mper13
on December 13, 2011
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This cake is awesome thanks Sonny
By dawspice
san pedro, CA
on December 27, 2010
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Made for Holiday dinner party, Was very easy to make but needed larger skillet, luckily I lined the bottom of oven so clean up was easy. Served warm with Vanilla icecream. will definitely make again
By cgrif2003_12502819
St Petersburg, 48
on December 31, 2009
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I agree with everyone that an 8" skillet is WAY to small. There was so much liquid that I did not flip.
I will say that we heated it up and scooped out over vanilla ice cream and it was supper YUMMY! I will make again with a bigger skillet and more batter.
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