2 KATE AITKEN’ SR GANADIAN COOK BOC

PEACH UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

‘Temperature: 350°F. Time: 40-45 minutes
3 tablespoons butter 1 egg, unbeaten
1g cup brown sugar 1 cup sifted pastry flour
6 or 8 peach halves 114 teaspoons baking
14 cup shortening powder
4 cup white sugar 14 teaspoon salt

14 teaspoon almond flavoring %% cup milk

Melt the butter in the bottom of an oiled pan 8” x 8". Add
the brown sugar; Llend well; press the peach halves into the
mixture. Cream together the shortening, white sugar and flavoring.
Add the unbeaten egg; beat till light and fluffy. Add the sifted
dry ingredients alternately with the milk. Beat lightly; pour over
the peach halves. Bake in a moderate oven till done. While still
warm invert on a cake cooler. Cut into squares; serve hot with
Nutmeg Sauce. Serves 6.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Temperature: 325°F. Time: 35-40 minutes
8 slices fresh pineapple l4 teaspoon salt
14 cup butter 4, eggs, separated
14 cup brown sugar 1 cup white sugar
8 maraschino cherries 1 tablespoon melted
1 cup sifted cake flour butter

1 teaspoon baking powder _—'/% teaspoon vanilla

Slice the pineapple; remove the core and skin. Melt 14 cup
butter in a 9” square pan; add the brown sugar; stir over gentle
heat till dissolved. Press the pineapple slices into this mixture;
insert a cherry in each core. Sift together the flour, baking powder
and salt. Beat the egg yolks till light and lemon colored; gradually
beat in half the white sugar. Add 1 tablespoon of melted butter
and the vanilla. Beat the egg whites till stiff; gradually beat in the
remaining )4 cup of white sugar. Combine the two mixtures. Fold
in the sifted dry ingredients. Pour over the pineapple mixture;
bake in a fairly moderate oven till done. Invert on a large platter;
serve warm. Serves 8.

PRUNE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

‘Temperature: 350°F. Time: 40-45 minutes
2 tablespoons melted butter 3 tablespoons brown sugar
14 teaspoon cinnamon 8 to 10 cooked prunes

Oil a square pan 8” x 8” well. Melt the butter in it; blend in
the cinnamon and brown sugar, spreading well over the bottom of