Lucinda's Upside-down Pineapple Cake

If you are lucky enough to be not doing anything at 11 am then you must start watching Lucinda Scala Quinn's Mad Hungry on the Hallmark Channel. Or you can just DVR it and watch it when you wake up at noon like I do;). If you like to cook but think you aren't very good at it then Lucinda is the girl for you. Her recipes are easy, simple and delicious. I make a recipe from almost every one of her shows that I watch. I started out Bryan's birthday last week with this yummy pineapple upside down cake. It was so simple even a small child could follow this recipe.

In this particular episode she talked about cooking with cast iron skillets. This immediately caught my interest because my great-grandmother has had the same cast iron skillet since Lincoln was in office. This thing is ancient. I tried to steal it from Meemaw's but she said she uses it occasionally. I really like the idea of using cast iron because it kind of has it's own flavor to it depending on what you cook in it. I also learned that you are never supposed to wash it with water and soap. You are supposed to wash it while it is still warm on the stove with salt and a little oil. You clean it with a paper towel until all the salt is gone and then you are left with a seasoned skillet that is slick as a skating rink for your next meal.

Lucinda's blog and website...
http://blog.madhungry.com/

Pineapple Upside-down Cake
1 1/3 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 TSP baking powder
1/2 TSP salt
1/4 cup oil
3/4 cup milk
1 TSP vanilla
1 egg
1 lime
Pineapple (fresh or canned )
1/2 stick butter
1/2 cup brown sugar

Directions:
Turn oven to 350*
1. Whisk dry ingredients
2. Add oil and milk into dry ingredients and hand whisk
3. Add vanilla and egg and hand whisk
4. Grate the rind of one lime and then juice whole lime into batter, mix well dissolving any lumps
5. Melt 1/2 stick butter into a medium-sized (9x9 pan or cast iron skillet) pan and mix in brown sugar evenly
6. Place pineapple slices in bottom of pan and pour pecans on top
7. Pour and spread batter out evenly onto top of pineapple
Bake for 45 minutes and flip onto plate while still hot

*Not the most attractive picture but I had to bring it to my grandmother's for dinner.