Karl's Birthday

Karl has requested  White Chocolate - Pineapple Upside-down Cake for his birthday....

Here is the recipe I found (the white chocolate is in the batter...YUM)

Wish me luck!!!

White Chocolate – Pineapple Upside-down Cake

Ingredients

• Softened butter for greasing pan

• 1.5 sticks butter (12 T)

• 3/4 c brown sugar, packed

• 1 can (20 oz) Crushed pineapple

• 1 jar (20 oz) maraschino cherries, drained

• 6 oz white chocolate, finely chopped

• 1 package plain white cake mix

• 3 large eggs

• 2 t vanilla extract

Directions

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350

• Lightly grease a 13x9 pan with butter, set aside

• Place 6 T of the butter in a small microwave safe bowl and microwave until melted (35-45 seconds), or melt on stove top

• Stir brown sugar into the melted butter

• Turn this mixture into the prepared baking pan, and spread with back of a wooden spoon until it completely covers the bottom of the pan

• Allow to cool for 2 or 3 minutes

• Drain the pineapple with a fine mesh strainer, reserving the liquid, mash with rubber spatula to drain as much liquid as possible

• Measure out 1 c of liquid and set aside

• Pour the drained pineapple onto the brown sugar mixture and spread evenly with rubber spatula

• Pat cherries dry and randomly arrange on top of pineapple

• Set pan aside

• Cut the remaining 6 T of butter into pieces

• Place the butter and the white chocolate in a small microwave safe bowl and microwave on high until butter has melted, about 1 minute

• Stir until the white chocolate thoroughly melted and mixture is smooth

• Place the cake mix, 1 c pineapple liquid, eggs, vanilla and white chocolate mixture in large mixing bowl.

• Blend with electric mixer on low for 1 minute

• Stop mixer and scrape down sides of bowl

• Increase mixer speed to medium, and mix 2 minutes longer

• Batter should be well combined and thick

• Pour batter over the pineapples and cherries, smoothing with rubber spatula

• Bake cake until it springs back when lightly pressed, 43-48 minutes

• Remove pan from oven and place o wire rack to cool for 10 minutes

• Run knife around edge of cake and invert onto serving platter so that the cherries and pineapples are on top

• Slice and serve warm

• Store at room temp up to 3 days