recipe experiment ~

I love cooking ... baking ... experimenting with recipes and trying something new.  So ... what to do with that jar of mock pineapple in the refrigerator?

I know ... make a pineapple upside down cake BUT do it my way ~   I'm calling this recipe:

NOT YO MOMMA'S PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE ROLL

To start  ~ I took a jar of the zucchini ~ which I previously turned into pineapple ... mock pineapple.  I drained off the juice.

I then took my cake pan and added some melted butter, brown sugar ... topped that with the zucchini/pineapple and a few chopped up maraschino cherries ~

Then I separated three eggs.  Yolks in one bowl, whites in another.

Into the bowl of yolks I added 1/4 cup of granulated sugar, 3/4 cup of flour, 2 Tblsp. of butter, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, 1 Tblsp. baking powder and gave that a whirl with the electric mixer until I had a nice crumble:

In the bowl of egg whites I added another Tablespoon of sugar and gave that a whirl with the mixer until they were nice and frothy and formed a soft peak:

 Then the marriage of the two ~ the crumbles and the whites:

A gentle folding together:

Then on to the top of the cake pan of goodies ~ sort of a crumbly meringue : 

Into the oven preheated to 350 degrees for 35 minutes.  It came out all toasty looking and smells divine:)

Now granted ~ I could have stopped right there ... but no ... I have plans for that cake.

I get out a kitchen towel and sprinkle it with powdered sugar.

Lots of powdered sugar!

Then in one brave move ... I dump the hot cake out ~

... yum ... it looks pretty enough to eat right now... I hope I'm not going to make a big mess of this ... oh well ... too late to turn back now.

 I grab the end of the towel and roll that bugger up ...

I waited for it to cool down a bit ~ about 10 minutes ... then flip it out onto my cake plate:

I couldn't resist ... I had to cut it in half to see what it looked like:

... mmmm.... mmmm....good

It was delish!  Another recipe experiment ... gone right :) 

I'll make a Not Yo Momma's Pineapple Upside Down Cake Roll  again but next time I think I'll use a jelly roll pan instead of a 9x13 standard cake pan.  It was a little tricky rolling it being that thick.

Until next time ...
So it goes in my neck of the woods.
~mel