Cast Iron Skillet Cake
May 8, 2008|Comments (2)
Since I frightened so many of you with the sleeping turkey picture (I promise not to post pictures of dead critters — unless they are dressed and on a plate), I baked you a cake. Not just any cake, but a cast iron skillet cake. If you’ve never tried baking this way, then here is your chance to explore traditional American cooking.
As you use your skillet, imagine all those brave pioneer women who packed their cast iron skillet, kettle, and their Bible in a Conestoga wagon to tame the west with their husbands. Can you imagine? I can’t. I don’t even go to the grocery store without my insurance card and cell phone. Just thinking about that kind of adventure gives me goosebumps. Would I have been the kind of woman who would embark on such a trip? Would you?
Pineapple Upside-Down Skillet Cake
Topping:
- 1 can crushed pineapple*
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Cake:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 3/4 cup flour, sifted 3x
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. In the skillet, cook pineapple, brown sugar, butter, and salt until the topping thickens slightly. Set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Combine all dry ingredients in another bowl and gradually add them to the creamed sugar and butter mixture alternating with the milk. Add the vanilla. Mix well and then spoon over the topping. Bake for about an hour until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
*You may notice that I used sliced pineapple but let me tell you — that’s just for looks. If I’d made this cake the “right” way (with crushed pineapple), you’d have thought it looked terrible and you would never have made it and probably thought I had lost my little homesteading mind. Let me tell you, this woman’s hips don’t lie: use crushed pineapple.
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I love my collection of Cast Iron skillets and ooola la….a recipe fit for my queen skillet! I can’t wait to make this. You did a good job on your pictures.
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