Pineapple Upside-down Cupcakes

Yield: 2 dozen mini or 1 dozen regular cupcakes

Ingredients

Topping

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 7 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup crushed pineapple
• 6 maraschino cherries, sliced

Cake Batter

• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 egg, separated
• 1 cup sifted cake flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease muffin cups.

Topping

1. Melt butter in saucepan and add brown sugar. Cook over low flame until well blended, then stir in crushed pineapple, reserving juice.
2. Pour about one teaspoon of this topping into the bottom of each prepared muffin cups and add a sliver of red cherry.

Cake Batter

1. Cream the butter, add the sugar, and beat until fluffy.
2. Beat egg yolk and add.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder and sift together; add alternately with the pineapple juice.
4. Add vanilla extract.
5. Beat the egg white until stiff and fold into the batter.
6. Pour this batter over the topping and bake for 25 minutes.
7. Cool, then turn cupcakes carefully onto a cake plate, pineapple side up.